Chapter 4
Sleep spindles are associated with the __________ stage of sleep.
Stage 2
___________ occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears
Extinction
Information reaches from short-term memory to long-term memory through ___________.
Elaborative rehearsal
_________________ is the brain's clock mechanism.
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)
Minnie is a 2 month old Beagle. She remains unbothered by the sound of a bell. According to classical conditioning, the sound of the bell is a ____________.
Neutral stimulus
Minnie is a 2 month old Beagle. She salivates at the sight of food. According to classical conditioning, the food is ____________.
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
"Dreams represent concerns about our daily life, consistent with everyday living". What theory does this represent?
Dreams-for-survival theory
___________ are organized bodies of information stored in memory that bias the way new information is interpreted, stored, and recalled.
Schemas
What is the (psychological) term for sleepwalking?
Somnambulism
__________ and __________ are hallucinogens that effect the operation of serotonin in the brain, causing an alteration in perception.
MDMA (Molly, Ecstacy)
LSD (Acid, lysergic acid diethylamide)
Jamie wants her boyfriend to organize and redecorate their place so whenever he picks up his clothes or makes the bed, she rewards him with an amazing meal. What is this process called?
Shaping: Process of teaching a complex behavior in which you reward closer and closer approximations of the behavior you desire to see
According to this theory, the more you analyze information, the more likely you are to remember it later.
Levels-of-processing theory