Sensation and Perception
What is the process in which we select, organize, and interpret sensation
Perception
After strength of response is strong, The CS is presented without the UCS and the CS depletes until gone
Extinction
3 key elements to the self-correcting nature of science
peer review
publication
replication
cells within our bodies that are specialized for the tasks of receiving, moving, and processing information
neurons
the subjective experience of the world, resulting from brain activity
consciousness
What is the lowest level of stimulus you can detect 50% of the time
Absolute Threshold
Positive Punishment
extent to which we can generalize our findings to the real word
external validity
pons, medulla, cerebellum
brain stem
sleep/wake cycle
automatic tasks
controlled processing
various states of consciousness
Processing style where new sensory information is taken in to construct perceptions without previous knowledge.
Bottom-Up Processing
Shaping
extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences
internal validity
hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, and reticular formation
limbic system
controls body temperature, hormone secretions, sleep cycle, and blood pressure
circadian rhythm
Tendency for people to accept very general or vague characterizations about themselves
Barnum Effect
When you take away something bad after a good response to increase a wanted action
group that receives the manipulation
experimental group
4 lobes of the cerebral cortex
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
full coma that lasts more than a month
deliberate movement and communication are possible
persistent vegetative state
minimally conscious state
The illusion where something towards the top of converging lines looks bigger even though it is not bigger
Ponzo Illusion
Process of learning by seeing the consequence of actions by watching others
Vicarious Learning
group that does not receive the manipulation
control group
speech comprehension, speech production, phonology, syntax, reading, writing, and motion detection
simple speech, simple writing, tone of voice, perceptual grouping, face perception
left hemisphere
right hemisphere
stage 1-light sleep
stage 2-sleep spindles emerge
stage 3-delta waves begin to appear
stage 4-deep sleep
4 stages of sleep