Retest
Communication within a neuron is ______ and communication between neurons (from one neuron to the next) is _____
Electric; chemical
What is the definition of memory?
the retention of information or experience over time
What is the action of giving the stimulus a label?
What is intermediate processing
Since implicit memory has to do with the “how” in humans, which three subsystems best fit within this category?
procedural memory, classical conditioning, and priming
What is Human Development?
The pattern of continuity & change in human capabilities
Behavior is decreased by _________. (what type of punishment and/or reinforcement)
Positive and negative punishment
What are the three phases of memory?
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
What is the action of producing meaningful detail about the stimulus?
Deepest level processing
The central executive, in Baddeley’s model, is pulling information from which two processes?
the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad
What is Nature? Nurture? (Bonus) Self?
Biological inheritance. Environmental Experiences. Individuals take active roles in their own development.
Behavior is increased by _________. (what type of punishment and/or reinforcement)
positive and negative reinforcement
If you were to play video games and tried studying at the same, which process would this be?
What is divided attention
Echoic memory refers to ____, Iconic memory refers to ____.
Auditory, visual
This phenomena occurs when we think we know something so confidently, but it won’t come to mind when we try to recall it
tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
What reflexes that we have as babies disappear over time?
Grasping, Rooting, Moro (startle), Galant Fencing, Stepping & Top curling/Babinski
Dr. Hansen places her fingertips on the chalkboard. Dr. Hansen scrapes her nails down a chalkboard, this elicits you to shiver. Dr. Hansen repeats this. When she places her fingertips on the board you shiver before she scrapes her nails.
What are the UCS, UCR, and NS
UCS: Fingernails scraped down the board
UCR: Shiver
NS: Fingertips placed on the board
What is the term for the process that involves the creation of multiple connections around a stimulus during memory encoding?
What is elaboration
Which three systems are involved in the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory?
sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
While applying for a job in a state to which you recently moved, you mistakenly write your previous address on the application, which interference is it?
proactive
What are some AGENTS that cause birth defects?
Nicotine, Alcohol, STIs
Dr. Hansen places her fingertips on the chalkboard. Dr. Hansen scrapes her nails down a chalkboard, this elicits you to shiver. Dr. Hansen repeats this (acquisition period). When she places her fingertips on the board you shiver before she scrapes her nails.
After the acquisition period, what has been conditioned (learned)? What are the CS and CR?
CS: Placing fingertips on the board, because it can draw out a shiver without bringing the nails down the board
CR: Shiver, happens in response to the CS (placing fingertips on the board was neutral, but became CS through learning, so the shiver is now conditioned)
What is the action of noting physical features of a stimulus?
What is shallow processing
Being able to recall the first five presidents of the United States would be which kind of memory?
What is explicit memory
After spending a substantial amount of time learning a difficult piece of music, you find you can no longer remember how to play a similar piece you once knew fairly well, which interference is it?
retroactive
What do effects of teratogens depend on?
Timing of exposure, genetic characteristics, postnatal environment