AP Psychology Biological Bases of Behavior Test Review

A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score dependent on the range and square root of total scores.

• inferential statistic

• standard deviation

• descriptive research

• average

A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.

• scatterplot

• postive correlation

• survey results

• inferential statistics

The score that occurs most frequently

• mean

• median

• mode

• standard deviation

What does the correlational method attempt to establish?

• Causation

• Purpose of the unconscious mind

• A relationship between two variables

• A dependent variable

Which brain area controls the expression of language?

• Broca’s area

• Wernicke’s area

• Temporal lobe

• Auditory cortex

part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

• Parasympathetic 
• sympathetic 

inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of membrane

• polarization
• depolarization

chemical messager, released into the bloodstream, slow but long lasting

• neurotransmitter
• hormones

electric charge on the inside and the outside of the cell membrane and is when the cell becomes positively charged

• polarization
• depolarization

regulates blood sugar, secreting insulin

• pancrease
• gall bladder