Biology
What is included in the Central Nervous System?
Brain and Spinal Cord
What is top-down processing?
When the brain uses prior knowledge/experiences to interpret current sensory information
Sigmund Freud believed there were 3 essential parts to a person's consciousness. Name those 3 parts.
Id, Ego, Superego
What type of memory storage holds only 4-7 items at a time?
Working memory
What skill has developed when a child no longer finds peek-a-boo funny?
Object Permanence
What system in the human body regulates and secretes (makes) hormones?
Endocrine System
The Gorilla / Basketball video demonstrates which concept?
Inattentional Blindness
What consciousness concept follows a 25-hour pattern?
Circadian Rhythm
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Which concept explains that the order of items matters when trying to remember them?
Serial Position Effect
Fill in BOTH blanks:
A child who can only understand the world from his perspective has ______________, but teenagers have grown out of this and developed _________.
Egocentrism
Theory of Mind
Which brain structures are responsible for breathing and heart rate? (2 total)
Medulla and Pons (which together is the Brainstem)
What part of the eye contains rods and cones?
Retina (back of the eye, where the image is reflected onto)
This sleeping disorder makes it hard for someone to fall asleep.
BONUS QUESTION: This sleeping disorder makes it hard for someone to fight the urge to sleep.
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Elizabeth Loftus did multiple studies about which memory concept?
Misinformation Effect
Ainsworth's Strange Situation studied what about development?
Attachment Styles
Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What does an agonist drug do?
Mimics the neurotransmitter or hormone to trigger a biological response
What is kinesthesia?
Awareness of body position and coordinating the movement of body parts
What happens during REM sleep?
Hypnagogic jerks/sensations, rapid eye movement, stiff body, dreaming
Stanley gets into a car accident, suffers significant head trauma, and forgets the events of the last 3 days of his life. What is Stanley suffering from?
Retrograde Amnesia
What is the correct order of prenatal development?
Zygote > Embryo > Fetus
fMRI by tracking blood flow in specific places of the brain (more blood flow = more responses)
Describe the process of sensory transduction.
Sensory receptors convert physical or chemical energy from stimuli (light, sound, taste, etc) into electrical signals to be processed by the spinal cord and brain
According to Freud, why is hypnosis a powerful therapy tool?
It helps display the person's subconscious thoughts and desires (latent content).
What type of memory storage would you be using when listening to and trying to memorize a new song?
Echoic Memory
Conservation is developed during which stage of cognitive development?
Concrete Operational