WIRELIKE STRUCTURE ENDING IN THE TERMINAL BUTTONS THAT EXTENDS FROM THE NEURON CELL BODY
What is AXON?
100
IN BANDURA'S BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT, HE DISCOVERED THAT CHILDREN LEARN VIOLENCE FROM OTHERS. THE OTHERS WHO FIRST EXHIBITED THE VIOLENCE ARE CALLED THIS.
What are MODELS?
100
THIS IS THE BRAIN AREA THAT ATTACHES MEANING TO WORDS.
What is WERNICKE'S AREA?
100
This theorist believed that our development relies on the ego finding ways to balance the id and superego.
Who is SIGMUND FREUD?
100
PART OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF OUR BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, AND BREATHING
What is THE MEDULLA?
200
LACK OF THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER IS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE, AN OVER ABUNDANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD WHEN ACTIVATED.
What is DOPAMINE?
200
THE PAIRING OF A CONDITIONED STIMULUS WITH AN UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE.
What is CLASSICAL CONDITIONING?
200
THIS IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF A STIMULUS NEEDED FOR IT TO BE DETECTED 50% OF THE TIME.
What is the ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD?
200
WHEN WE CHANGE EXISTING SCHEMAS TO INCORPORATE NEW INFORMATION (ALSO THE NAME FOR WHEN THE LENS IN OUR EYE SHIFTS FOCUS)
What is ACCOMMODATION?
200
PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS BODY TEMPERATURE, SEXUAL AROUSAL, HUNGER, THIRST, AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
What is THE HYPOTHALAMUS?
300
THIS CONSISTS OF ALL THE NERVES IN YOUR BODY OTHER THAN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
What is THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?
300
STATES THAT IF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR ARE PLEASANT, THE STIMULUS-RESPONSE CONNECTION WILL BE STRENGTHENED AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE BEHAVIOR WILL INCREASE. DEVELOPED BY E.L. THORNDIKE.
What is THE LAW OF EFFECT
300
THIS IS WHERE TRANSDUCTION HAPPENS IN THE EYE.
What is the FOVEA?
300
OUR ABILITY TO REASON SPEEDILY AND ABSTRACTLY; IT INCREASES UNTIL EARLY ADULTHOOD AND THEN DECREASES FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES
What is FLUID INTELLIGENCE?
300
THE PART OF THE BRAIN WHERE WE DO EVERYTHING YOU CONSIDER "THINKING"; THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT DISTINGUISHES HUMANS FROM OTHER ANIMALS
What is THE CEREBRAL CORTEX?
400
A BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUE WHICH DETAILS THE BRAIN STRUCTURE, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT BLOOD FLOW IN THE BRAIN , TYING BRAIN STRUCTURE TO BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING COGNITIVE TASKS
What is FUNCTIONAL MRI (fMRI)?
400
AN EXAMPLE OF A SECONDARY REINFORCER
What is MONEY?
400
THIS THEORY EXPLAINS WHY "WALKING IT OFF" ACTUALLY DOES MAKE A SPRAINED ANKLE FEEL BETTER.
What is GATE CONTROL THEORY
400
LAWRENCE KOHLBERG BELIEVED THAT WHEN WE REACH THIS STAGE, WE MAKE MORAL JUDGMENTS BASED ON OUR OWN SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG, RATHER THAN ON IF WE WILL BE PUNISHED OR IF AN ACTION FOLLOWS THE RULES.
What is THE POSTCONVENTIONAL STAGE?
400
THE SENSORY SWITCHBOARD OF THE BRAIN; THE FIRST STOP FOR ALL SENSORY INPUT EXCEPT SMELL
What is THE THALAMUS?
500
THE NEUROTRANSMITTER MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH FORMING MEMORIES.
What is GLUTAMATE?
500
THIS PERSON STUDIED OPERANT CONDITIONING, DESIGNING "CHAMBERS" WHERE MICE COULD BE SHAPED TO DO DIFFERENT TASKS.
Who is B.F. SKINNER?
500
THESE ARE THE SENSORY RECEPTORS IN THE COCHLEA WHICH TURN VIBRATION INTO NEURAL SIGNALS.
What are HAIR CELLS?
500
THIS PSYCHOLOGIST CRITIQUED KOHLBERG'S THEORY AS BEING TOO FOCUSED ON MEN AND NOT ENOUGH ON WOMEN.
Who is CAROL GILLIGAN?
500
THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT COORDINATES SOME HABITUAL MUSCLE MOVEMENTS