Method
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that you knew that all along
Hightsight Bias
in classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response
Acqustion
a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered.
Night terror
a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods.
Psychoactive drug
drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.
Depressants
An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations
Theory
researcher famous for work in observational or social learning including the famous Bobo doll experiment
Albert Bandura
according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent, or hidden, content).
Manifest content
opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.
Opiates
a powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from the coca plant, producing temporarily increased alertness and euphoria.
Cocaine
The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
Mode
subject in John Watson's experiment, proved classical conditioning principles, especially the generalization of fear
Little Albert Study
according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
Latent content
compulsive craving of drugs or certain behaviors (such as gambling) despite known adverse consequences.
Addiction
drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment.
Barbiturates
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
Standard Deviation
learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
Latent Learning
a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings.
Sleep apnea
the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior.
Withdrawal
a stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco.
Nicotine
numerical methods used to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether results were due to chance
Inferetial Statistic
Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation, they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.
John Garcia
a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune
Narcolepsy
the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect.
Tolerance
drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
Stimulants