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Psychology is defined as

study of behavior and mental process

What is Placebo effect

Experimental results seized by expectations alone

Visual cortex is located. .

In the brain

The lobe's primary function is the motor cortex

Frontal lobe

Branch like extensions of neurons that act as primary receivers of signals from other neurons

Dendrites

Process by which neurotransmitters are taken from the synaptic cleft back into the axon terminal for later use

Reuptake

The structure to take located in the tongue

Taste buds

A small area at the center that provides the clearest and sharpest vision

Fovea

A unit of measurement for the loudness of sound

Pitch

Sensation and process of hearing

Audition

A small area at the center of the retina where there are no roads or cones

Blind spot

The gate control theory which explains how an area in the spinal cord can act like a gate, and transmit them to the brain as

Pain

Name the transparent covering of the iris

Cornea

A complex molecule that contains the genetic information is called

Chromosomes

The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes is called

Genes

A type of twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two

Identical twin

Both males and females have a single x chromosome, which chromosome is needed to finalize a male fetus

Y chromosome

The acquisition of a traditional Masculine or feminine role

Gender typing

The umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that sociated with their birth sex

Transgender

What are the primary sex characteristics

Ovaries, testicles, external genitalia

The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

Object permanence

What is emerging adulthood

Late Teen to mid twenties

A layer of tissue located on the inner surface of the eyeball it contains the sensory receptors for vision

Retina

Name the absolute threshold for conscious awareness

Subliminal

The colored part of your eye

Iris

Where are the vestibular sense receptors located

Inner ear

What is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

Absolute threshold

What is the central focal point of the retina, around which eyes cones cluster

Fovea

What is the distance from peak of one light or sound wave to the next

Wavelength