Sensation
Perception
Consciousness
Conditioning
Other Learning
100
To detect physical energy (a stimulus) from the environment and send the information to the brain.
What is sensation?
100
When we select, organize, and interpret our sensations. The brain’s interpretation of the raw sensory data.
What is Perception?
100
An awareness of ourselves and our environment.
What is Consciousness?
100
A type of conditioning based on reflexes that was studied by Ivan Pavlov.
What is Classical Conditioning?
100
Learning that is “hidden” internally rather than shown in behavior.
What is Latent Learning?
200
What is the lowest level of stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
200
The inability to perceive the difference between different colors despite adequate functioning of the eyes and pathway to the occipital lobe.
What is Color Blindness?
200
Types of this include Spontaneous, Physiologically induced, and Psychologically Induced.
What is Consciousness?
200
A psychologist who studied if fear could be conditioned by studying Little Albert.
What is John Watson?
200
A condition that arose when Seligman paired two dogs and one received shocks but could not take any action to escape.
What is Learned Helplessness?
300
Minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time.
What is Just Noticeable Difference?
300
The action that your cortex takes to influence how your mind perceives information. Information is perceived based on previous knowledge and expectations.
What is Top-Down Processing?
300
These occur on a 24-hour cycle and include sleep and wakefulness. Termed our “biological clock,” it can be altered by artificial light.
What is Circadian Rhythms?
300
A type of conditioning described in the example of Mary telling her son that he could not play his video games because he was not being a good listener.
What is Negative Punishment?
300
His most famous experimental research studies at the time were his “Bobo doll” studies which showed observational learning and the impact it can have on violent behavior in children.
What is Albert Bandura?
400
Hue/color, brightness, purity
What are the perceptions associated with vision?
400
The perception of taste that involves savory food such as roasts, grilled meats, and strong cheeses.
What is Umami?
400
A Freudian term meaning the story line of dreams.
What is Manifest Content?
400
Schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses. The faster you respond the more rewards you get.
What is Fixed Ratio?
400
A theory that states that behavior, environment and thinking are important for learning. There is a reciprocal relationship among the factors.
What is Social Cognitive Theory?
500
The figure that represents the amount of cortex devoted to perceiving the sensations from different areas of the body.
What is the Sensory Homunculus?
500
The amount of effort exerted in focusing on certain portions of an experience: ability to sustain a focus on one activity; ability to concentrate.
What is attention?
500
Suggests that the brain engages in a lot of random neural activity. Dreams make sense of this activity.
What is Activation Synthesis Theory
500
The type of reinforcement schedule described the scenario: Shaina delivers newspapers in her neighborhood. Sometimes Mrs. Lewis pays her for 2 weeks at a time, sometimes she pays for 1 week, and sometimes she pays for a month.
What is Variable Interval?
500
Characteristics of the models, Characteristics of observers, and the Reward consequences of behavior.
What are Factors of Modeling?
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