Miscellaneous
This clown-punching experiment showed that observation could be a learning method
Bobo the Clown Experiment
The smallest amount of sensory info that we need to detect a change is called
Just Noticeable Difference
Neurotransmitters lock into these after being ejected into the synaptic gap
Receptors
"Neurons that fire together- Wire Together"
Long Term Potentiation
The 24 hour day cycle that influences recovery via sleep
Circadian Rythmn
Regaining a conditioned response after a period of extinction is called what
Spontaneous Recovery
The amount of information we need to have in order to pick up with our senses is called
Absolute Threshold
The finger-like receptors of new information as it is passed between neurons
Dendrites
The formation of a new conditioned response tendency
Acquisition
The new Spanish words you just learned are getting in the way of your recall of the French you learned last year.
Retroactive Interference
The Ames-Box is an example of which visual illusion
Size Constancy or Distorted Spacial Perception
Hearing something that wasn't there is an example of what in signal detection theory
False Alarm
The small bands that run across both sides of the brain that map to movement along the length of the body
Motor Cortex
Learning that is not exhibited at the time of development but becomes apparent situationally
Beta Waves in the brain are found during what
Alert Wakefulness
Remembering a cake by looking at its shape is a method of which type of encoding
Structural
Becoming used to sensory information and not noticing it anymore (planes flying overhead) is called what
Sensory Adaptation
Controls the secretion of hormones
Endocrine System
Reinforcement every instance of a designated response
Continuous Reinforcement
Difficulty falling asleep, chronic cases force people to stay up nearly every night for long periods
Insomnia
The slowness of the brain as we have to parse meaning and a task (identifying color words by their meaning and now their font color) is known as what
Stroop Effect
Seeing Faces and Vases is an example of which Gestalt Principle
Figure and Ground
Cones
Any event following a response that suppresses the tendency to make that response again
Punishment
This is where the vast majority of dreaming takes place
REM Sleep