Conditioning
His work and findings became the basis for classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
You give a compliment to your boyfriend when he gets a good haircut.
What is Positive reinforcement
This is a general idea that is consistent with what you have observed.
Nature vs. Nuture. Which is genetics and which is environment?
Nuture - environment
This is a biological rhythm over a 24 hour period also known as our sleep-wake cycle
What is circadian rhythm
He created an operant chamber in which a rat would learn to push a button to receive food or water.
Who is B.F. Skinner
Your mom takes away your phone when she found out you went to a party on Friday.
What is Negative punishment
This kind of descriptive research provides an in depth analysis on a limited number of subjects.
What is a case study
The nervous system is broken into these 2 branches.
What are the Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
*bonus* what does the PNS further break down into?
The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time
What is the difference threshold
What is Operant Conditioning
Brenda loves chocolate. She ate 3 Hershey's bars early one morning. On the bus ride to school she had to sit in the back and felt every bump and pothole. When she got off the bus she got really queezy and threw up chocolate everywhere. Brenda now gets sick looking at a Hershey's bar. In this example what is the conditioned stimulus?
What is a Hershey's chocolate bar.
The more absences you have the lower your grade will be, is an example of this correlation.
What is a Negative correlation
This part of the neuron releases the signal into the synaptic gap.
What are axon terminals
I wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I am able to navigate out of my bedroom, down the hall and open the bathroom door without bumping into anything. This is an example of what processing?
This process is when a dog learned to salivate at the sound of a bell and now it salivates when it hears a bell, a chime, a phone or a doorbell.
What is generalization
John got a brand new BMW and was showing off driving through his neighborhood. A week later in the mail he got a traffic ticket. A camera caught him going 55mph in a 25mph speech zone. Is this reinforcement or punishment? Is this positive or negative?
Positive Punishment
This is when participants believe they feel the effects of a drug even when they were given a sugar pill.
What is the placebo effect
This system, associated with emotion and drive, is made up of the amygdala, the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
What is the limbic system?
This stage of sleep is where dreaming happens
What is Stage 4 / REM sleep
Little Albert was used to show that fear can be conditioned, which is called ____.
What is Aversive Conditioning
Alexa started working at her family's deli. She get's paid $15/hour. Sometimes she gets paid on Friday, sometimes she gets paid on Sunday, other times she has to wait until the end of the month. What kind of reinforcement schedule is this?
What is Variable Interval
Name at least 3 APA Ethical Guidelines.
- informed consent
- confidentiality
- debriefing
- do no harm (no long term physical or psychological harm)
- animals must be well cared for
- approval from a research institution
All four lobes of the brain.
What are Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital
*bonus* which lobe houses the motor cortex?
*bonus* which lobe houses the somatosensory cortex?
Give an example of sensory interaction
- when you plug your nose you can't taste as well
- using visual and tactile cues to complete a puzzle
- hearing the beeping at a crosswalk and seeing the walk man to know you can cross