Psychology Vocab Study Guide

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