Brain Function
What two structures make up the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord.
What is transduction?
Converting physical energy into neural signals.
Name the three memory stores.
Sensory, STM and LTM.
Name the three learning theories.
Classical, operant and social learning.
Which neurotransmitter is linked to mood and sleep?
Serotonin.
Which area produces speech?
Broca’s area.
Which nerve carries visual information?
Optic nerve.
Which working-memory component controls attention?
Central executive.
What does reinforcement do to behaviour?
Increases it.
Which brain structure forms new explicit memories?
Hippocampus.
Which structure fine-tunes movement?
Cerebellum.
Railway tracks appear to converge. Which depth cue?
Linear perspective.
Which type of memory involves conscious recall?
Explicit memory.
Fear spreading from one dog to all dogs is what?
Stimulus generalisation.
Which memory strategy groups information together?
Chunking.
Which neurotransmitter is reduced in Parkinson’s disease?
Dopamine.
What is perceptual set?
Expectations influencing perception.
What is interference?
Other information disrupts retrieval.
What is spontaneous recovery?
Return of an extinguished response.
Removing something unpleasant to increase behaviour is what?
Negative reinforcement.
What does the somatic nervous system control?
Voluntary muscle movement.
In de Bruïne et al. (2018), who performed better on 2D depth tasks?
Western European participants.
What did Grant et al. (1998) find?
Memory was better when study and test contexts matched.
What did the Bobo doll experiments demonstrate?
Learning through observation and imitation.
Which learning theory includes cognitive processes?
Social learning theory.