The survival organism best suited to a particular enviornment is known as
What is natural selection
100
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that travel across
What is the synaptic gap
100
Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of
What is difference threshold
100
Our awareness of ourselves and our enviornment
What is consciousness
100
A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience
What is learning
200
The systematic, scientific study of behaviors and mental process
What is psychology
200
When the release of ACh is blocked this results in
What is muscluar paralysis
200
Which basic taste attracks us to protien-rich foods
What is umami
200
The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time
What is cocktail party effect
200
Behaviors that come closer to the final target behavior are reinforced by training
What is Shaping
300
Which procedure helps to ensure that the participants in a survey are representative of a larger population
What is random sampling
300
The somatic nervous system is a component of the _______ Nervous system
What is peripheral
300
The organization of two dimensional retinal images into three dimensional perceptions is
What is depth perception
300
Deep sleep appears to play an important role in
What is physical growth
300
Our minds naturally connect events that occur in sequence
What is learning by association
400
Who highlighted the reproductive advantages of environmental adaptive traits?
What is Charles Darwin
400
What is the body's speedy electrochemical information system?
What is The Nervous System
400
Not recognizing your co-worker in the grocery store even though you see them 5 days a week is an example of?
What is Context effect
400
What is the role of Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus in consciousness?
What is acts as a master switch for sleep
400
What psychologist introduced behaviorism?
What is Watson
500
Good behavior and getting a reward are what type of correlation?
What is Positive
500
What are the most extensive regions of the brain which help on memory and learning called?
What is The Association Areas
500
Susie hurt her wrist while playing volleyball. She kept playing through the game. After the game she realized she broke her wrist. This is an example of what theory?
What is Gate-control theory
500
When do sleep spindles occur?
What is Stage 2
500
Lions in a circus will repeat behaviors, such as tricks to get a piece of meat. This is an example of what?