Unit 1
Psychology is
What is the study of behavior
Most communication is sent through the *blank*
What is the central nervous system
The five senses of the body
What is taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing
The process of acquiring new information or behaviors
What is learning
Learning that has persisted over time
What is memory
The father of psychology
What is Wilhelm Wundt
The brain and all nervous systems operate with what
What are nuerons
The process of light being received through the cornea and then the pupil, then the lens which focuses it into the retina
What is vision
Classical Conditioning was pioneered by
Who is Ivan Pavlov
The three types of learning are Recall, Relearning and
What is Recognition
Nature v Nurture, Nature is defined as
What is being innately born with the knowledge
Serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, norepinephrine are all examples of
What are neurotransmitters
Sound volume is measured in
What are decibels
An original irrelevant stimulus that when paired with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a conditioned response
What is a Conditioned Stimulus
Flashbulb memories and their clear long long-lasting moments are credited to a phenomenon called
What is Long-Term Potentiation
The father of MODERN psychology
Sigmund Freud
Some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain
What is hemispheric specialization
The simultaneous perception of speed, distance, texture, and color
What is parallel processing
The idea that behaviors are strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
What is Operant Conditioning
The three ways problems are solved
What are Algorithm, Heuristics, and Insight
Sigmund Freud's most well-known idea was
What is the idea of the unconscious mind
Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
What are depressants
The two different processes which we interpret information are
What is Bottum-Up Processing and Top-Down Proccesing
A Negative Reinforcement is defined as
What is taking away something that the subject does not like or want
A statistical procedure that identifies cluster os related items called factors
What is factor analysis