The Truth is Out There
This is the bare minimum of a stimulus needed to evoke a response from the organism sensing it.
What is the absolute threshold?
These types of drugs speed up brain activity and can potentially increase mood.
What are stimulants?
This form of learning depends upon the forming of associations between two stimuli.
What is classical conditioning?
Consider the following:
Graham got a shot when he went to the doctor, which made him very upset. Now when he is in the doctor's office he becomes agitated.
This is the type of conditioning that has taken place.
What is classical conditioning?
I like the dark sky, moon crescents,
I like to move slow, like low stress ants,
To keep myself mellow,
I abuse this drug fellow,
I am speaking of course of ________________.
What are depressants?
The "blind spot" in the eye occurs because the optic nerve leaves the eye, leaving that space on the retina without any of these.
What are photoreceptors?
This is what REM stands for.
What is "rapid eye movement"?
In Operant conditioning, this type of consequence causes a behavior to be more likely in the future.
What is a reinforcement?
Consider the following:
Alexa practiced playing soccer in the backyard with her father. Afterwards, her father identified what she had done well and poorly. A few days later, Alexa practices, but does not want her father to participate.
What type of consequence was the talk with her father on her practicing with him (this must have two words)?
What is positive punishment?
I know that reward is deserved,
I witnessed others' kind words,
I know what it right,
I know it by sight,
Those behaviors are ones I've __________.
What is "Observed"?
These are the types of receptors which detect temperature and pain!
What are free nerve endings?
This type of conscious altering ability involves intense attention to a particular task or idea.
What is "focused meditation"?
Rats learned to associate food with what stimulus (which causes nausea) with relative ease.
What is radiation?
Consider the following:
Charles watches his brother try to pull off a stunt on his skateboard only to watch him fail and become a meat crayon. He then shows off his wounds to his friends. Later, Charles attempts the same stunt.
Charles' behavior has changed as a result of observation of this type of consequence.
What is positive reinforcement?
Perhaps its simply my hormones,
or too much time on cell phones,
but I struggle to see
the colors on screen,
perhaps something's wrong with my ____________.
What are cones?
These are the small transducing organs in the cochlea that respond to pressure.
What are hair cells?
This is the type of brainwave activity we engage in when we are awake and alert.
What is "Beta"?
This is what happens when an association begins to wear down due to inconsistent presentations of stimuli or consequence.
What is extinction?
Consider the following:
Chance is in his room listening to a particular song by his favorite artist. He then scrolls through his phone and receives several notifications that he has been rejected on his dating applications. Now, Chance does not enjoy the song nearly as much as it makes him feel sad.
In this situation, the rejections are acting as this part of classical conditioning.
What is unconditioned stimulus?
While I'm hurting and feelin annoyed,
and the pain I'd rather avoid,
I take a small pill,
and in a moment I will
feel better since I took an _________.
What is a opioid?
This the explanation that certain parts of the cochlea respond strongest to particular frequencies.
What is "place theory"?
This method is does not alter consciousness, but it does increase suggestibility.
What is hypnosis?
This is the neutral stimulus used by Watson to train little Albert to be afraid.
What is a rat?
Consider the following:
Troy is trying to encourage himself to talk to his classmates before class, rather than stare at his phone. To do so, he quickly makes a mark on his notebook every time he talks to a classmate before class. After he has 5 marks, he treats himself to his favorite ice cream at Cold Stone. He finds that he is much more likely to talk to his peers after implementing this program.
The marks are this type of consequence (must mention 4 aspects).
What is a positive, immediate, conditioned reinforcement?
I hear the waves of the atlantic,
and my brother speaking germanic,
because my middle ear
has something I hold dear,
my vibrating membrane _______________.
What is tympanic?