Chapter 2
What part of the Cerebral Cortex helps us grasp a pen?
Parietal lobe
The direction of the correlation between heat and consumption of ice cream would probably be ______________.
Positive
A researcher thoroughly studies the life of Phineas Gage. They seek reports of what his life was like before and after the accident. What research methodology would best suit this?
Case Study
_________ are thin, cylindrical receptor cells that are extremely sensitive to light.
Rods
Sleep spindles are characteristic of the ____ stage of sleep.
Stage 2
This part of the frontal lobe is responsible for language production.
Broca's area
This school of thought in Psychology focused on the building blocks of the mind.
Structuralism - Wilhelm Wundt
_____________ refers to nerve impulse or electrical signals that travel down an axon
Action Potential
There is a difference between the image we see with our left eye vs. our right eye. This is called ___________.
Binocular disparity
The symbols in the storyline of the dream are called ____________ and the disguised meaning/interpretation of the dream is called ____________.
Symbol - Manifest Content of dreams
Interpretation - Latent Content of dreams
______________ takes place during critical periods in development in specific parts of the brain.
At certain critical periods in development, specific areas of the brain become MYELINATED, which makes each neuron in those areas faster and subsequently makes that region of the brain more efficient
I want to study the effects of caffeine on sleep. What is the Independent variable?
Caffeine intake
When our perception is guided by previous experiences and knowledge, it is referred to as ___________.
Top-down processing
(mi-si-g le-te-s)
___________ is a cognitive disorder that causes face blindness.
Prosopagnosia
__________ refers to uncontrollable sleeping that occurs for short periods while a person is awake.
Narcolepsy
_____________ is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is present in both, the brain and the spinal chord.
Gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)
"The simplest explanation is usually the best one!"
What principle does this reflect?
Principle of Parsimony
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
Occam's Razor
__________ are responsible for peripheral vision
Rods
___________ suggests that the perception of color is influenced by the relative strength with which each of the three kinds of cones is activated.
Trichromatic theory of color vision: the short wave cones respond to the violet-blue color range, medium wave cones to the color green, and the long wave cones to the yellow-red color range.
Apathy, general fatigue, bizarre dreams, and depression are withdrawal symptoms of ___________.
Stimulants
______________ is a type of scan that momentarily interrupts electrical activity. This procedure is sometimes called a "virtual lesion".
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
The tendency to seek out evidence that supports our hypothesis is called ________________, and the tendency to stick to our initial belief even when evidence is contradictory is called __________________.
Confirmation bias; Belief perseverance
The minimum amount of stimulus energy we can detect is called ______________ and stimuli that are presented below this are called ______________.
Absolute threshold; Subliminal perception
In the context of vision, transduction happens in the ______________.
Photoreceptors (rods, cones)
Circadian Rhythms are controlled by the ________________ in the brain, which receives messages from ganglion cells in the retina.
Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)