Sensory
Perception
Learning
Memory
Guess What?
100
______________ is the process through which the senses pick up visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain; sensory information that has registered in the brain but has not been interpreted.
What is sensation?
100
_____________ is a German word roughly meaning “form” or “pattern.”
What is gestalt?
100
What kind of learning did Pavlov discover??
What is classical conditioning?
100
The process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information is called ___________________.
What is memory?
100
Father of operant Conditioning
Who is B.F. Skinner
200
___________ are specialized cells in the sense organs that detect and respond to sensory stimuli-light, sound, odors, etc.-and transduce (convert) the stimuli into neural impulses.
What is sensory receptors?
200
A(n) __________ is a false perception of actual stimuli involving a misperception of size, shape, or the relationship of one element to another.
What is weber's law?
200
___________________ elicits a specific response without prior learning.
What is unconditional response?
200
Involuntarily removing from one’s consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking, or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called ________.
What is repressions?
200
Good emotional management starts with _____ of our emotions
What is awareness?
300
The _____________________ is the smallest change in sensation that a person is able to detect 50% of the time.
What is just noticeable difference or JND?
300
Application of previous experience and conceptual knowledge to recognize the whole of a perception and thus easily identify the simpler elements of that whole is called ________________
What is top down processing?
300
________________________ is a soundproof chamber with a device for delivering food and either a bar for rats to press or a disk for pigeons to peck; used in operant conditioning experiments
What skinner box?
300
______________________ is the memory system that holds information coming in through the senses for a period ranging from a fraction of a second to several seconds.
What is sensory memory?
300
Long-term memory is broken down into _____ and _____
What is declarative memory; nondeclarative memory
400
The receptor cells for vision are located in the _____ and are called _____ and _____
What is retina and cones and rods?
400
The ____________ is the transparent covering on the front surface of the eyeball that bends light rays inward through the pupil.
What is cornea?
400
The type of learning in which the consequences of behavior are manipulated to increase or decrease the frequency of the behavior, or to shape an entirely new behavior, is _____
What is operant conditioning?
400
______________________ is the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life experiences; also called explicit memory.
What is declarative memory?
400
The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called _____
What is semantics?
500
Who came up with the law of effect?
Who is Edward Thorndike?
500
____________ is the sensation of taste
What is gustation?
500
_____ is any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice
What is learning?
500
The subsystem within long-term memory that consists of skills acquired through repetitive practice, habits, and simple classically conditioned responses; also called implicit memory is called ________________
What is nondeclarative memory?
500
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes. This example is classical conditioning because jumping away from hot water is an automatic response. Name US, UR, CS, CR
What is US--Hot water UR--jumping CS--toilet flushing CR--jumping when toilet flushes
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