Psychology 285/202 - Shoreline Community College



Psychology 202

Exam 1 Study Guide

Introduction: Chapter 1 & Lecture

• Dualism vs. monism

• Key historical figures: Aristotle, Hippocrates, Descartes, Galvani, Muller, Flourens, Broca, Fritsch & Hitzig, Darwin and Wallace

• Doctrine of specific nerve energies

• Experimental ablation

• Lateralization of function versus localization of function

• Common descent & natural selection

Cells of the Nervous System: Chapter 2 & Lecture

• Basic structures of the neuron

• Ways of classifying neurons

• Nervous system support cells

• Types of glial cells

• Phagocytosis

• Blood-brain barrier

• Area postrema

• Schwann cells

• Communication within neurons

• Resting potential

• Four major ions, their relative concentrations inside and outside of the neuron, and the two forces acting on these ions

• Sodium-potassium transporters

• Graded potentials, depolarization/EPSP, hyperpolarization/IPSP

• Action potential, threshold of excitation, the all-or-none law, activity of potassium and sodium channels, & the refractory period

• Saltatory conduction and the role of myelin

• Communication between neurons

• Major components of the synapse

• Ionotropic and metabotropic receptors

• Autoreceptors, reuptake, and enzymatic deactivation

• Major Neurotransmitters (see handout and pp. 105 – 119)

• Achetylcholine

• Monoamines

• Amino Acids

• Peptides

• Lipids

• Nucleosides

• Soluble Gases

Structures of the Nervous: Chapter 3 & Lecture

• Divisions of the nervous system

• Anatomy directions in the brain/body

• Anatomy planes

• The developing brain: ventricular zone, apoptosis, founders cells/stem cells

• Major divisions of the brain (All of Table 3.2)

• Four lobes of the neocortex

• Different convolutions of the neocortex

• Gray matter vs. white matter

• Location of the following sulci and fissures: longitudinal fissure, lateral fissure, calcarine fissure, & central sulcus

• Ventricles, hydrocephalus

Psychopharmacology: Chapter 4 & Lecture

• Pharmacokinetics

• Solubility of medications and blood-brain barrier

• Dose-response curve, margin of safety, therapeutic index

• Sensitivity, tolerance, withdrawal, and placebo

• Agonists vs. antagonists

• Different sites of drug action (Figure 4.4)

• Know how the following specific drugs achieve their effects: L-DOPA, botulimum toxin, nicotine, curare, cocaine

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