Psychology Vocab Study Guide

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Across
  1. 2. the central trunk of the mammalian brain
  2. 4. callosum/ a broad band of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain
  3. 6. its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity
  4. 7. system/a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood.
  5. 8. a substance(as norepinephrine or acetylcholine) that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse.
  6. 9. middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex
  7. 11. Deviation/ a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.
  8. 13. cells/ a supportive cell in the central nervous system.
Down
  1. 1. a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell
  2. 3. Observation/ is a common research method in behavioral sciences such as psychology
  3. 5. a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain
  4. 10. potential/ the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
  5. 12. arcs/ the nerve pathway involved in a reflex action including at its simplest a sensory nerve and a motor nerve with a synapse between.