Psych Study Guide

____ is a precise, testable statement of what the researchers predict will be the outcome of the study.

____ is the scientific study of mental activity and behavior, which depend on the processing in the brain.

____ ____ is systematically evaluating information to reach conclusions based on the evidence presented.

Nature refers largely to our genetics. It includes the genes we are born with and other hereditary factors that can impact how our personality is formed and influence the way that we develop from childhood through adulthood. Nurture encompasses the environmental factors that impact who we are.

• Nature vs. Nurture

• Nature vs. Nurture

____ refers largely to our genetics. It includes the genes we are born with and other hereditary factors that can impact how our personality is formed and influence the way that we develop from childhood through adulthood.

• Nature

• Nurture

____ encompasses the environmental factors that impact who we are.

• Nature

• Nurture

The ____ ____ is a network of billions of cells in the brain and the body, responsible for all aspects of what we feel, think, and do.

The CNS consists of

• brain

• spinal cord

• intestines

• kidneys

The peripheral nervous system [PNS] consists of

• brain

• spinal cord

• intestines

• ‘the rest’ of the nervous system

____ are cells that receive, integrate, and transmit information in the nervous system.