Chapter 4: Consciousness
These often effect children during slow wave sleep. They are characterized by intense feelings of fear.
You remember what your first day of third grade was like. You remember how scared you were getting off of the bus and seeing your friend and walking into the school together. What kind of memory does this represent
Episodic/explicit
Jenny got hit in the face by a red, square pillow. Now, when she is walking into target, she gets scared seeing the giant red concrete ball. This is an example of what?
Generalizability
A republican only watches Fox News, and everything from CNN is a lie
A democrat only watched CNN, and everything from Fox News is a lie.
Confirmation Bias
The gap between the axon terminals and the dendrites of another neuron
Julie pulled an all-nighter watching the new season of Outer Banks, so she was unable to dream. The next night when she fell asleep, she had remembered A LOT of dreams, she probably experienced ____ _______
REM Rebound
Dr. G remembering where they were when they learned about 9/11 in vivid detail. What type of memory is this
Flashbulb memory
The process of learning a complex task in small steps through reinforcement
Shaping
Kim buys pad (phat, phad) thai for 10 dollars at House of Thai. The next time she goes to order pad thai and saw that Hello Thai was selling it for 20 dollars. Kim thinks this is ridiculous and goes to order from House of Thai.
Anchoring
Getting consistent results makes a measure ______
This theory of hypnosis suggests that individuals feel pressured to play the role that they are assigned. This is what theory
Social-cognitive theory of hypnosis
Peter is trying to remember that Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell. In order to remember this, they think about the time they trained their dog to jump to the sound of a pen clicking. This is an example of what type of rehearsal
Elaborative rehearsal
Kimmy put a shock collar on her dog so that each time it barked, it would get shocked. What is this an example of?
Positive punishment
The built up, stored knowledge is ______ _______ and and the ability to process new information and learn is _______ _________
Crystalized knowledge, Fluid knowledge
learning that has taken place but cannot be directly observed until given a chance to be performed
latent learning
Jimmy fell when playing soccer and broke his femur. In the hospital he received a strong pain reliever. What drug category would this likely be in?
Opioid/Opiates
You cannot remember what the first lesson of PSY 1010 was because of all the lessons that have happened after the fact. This is an example of what
Retroactive interference
When you watch a movie and see someone cry, you cry too. This can be seen as empathetic. What type of cells might underlie this behavior
Mirror neurons
Refer to Board... What is this
Normal Distribution/Curve
extra: where are the most average, common scores?
collection of neurons in the brainstem involved of arousal
reticular activating system
These are rhythmic bursts in brain activity most often in stage 2 sleep. These are often thought to help with memory consolidation and learning
Sleep Spindles
Patricia remembers that her friend invited her to a party, but she cant remember if she was invited via instagram, messages, snapchat, or email
source amnesia
Bartholomeus keeps getting shocked each time he sees cakes. Now, each time he sees cake, he gets scared. What is unconditioned stimulus
The shocking
You are solving a math problem, and you approach it the same way that you do with other, similar problems even though there was an easier way to solve it. This is due to you _____ ___
Mental Set
Sends sound waves to the brain via auditory nerve
cochlea