Types of Learning
Visual Pathway
Classical Conditioning
Auditory Pathway
Miscellaneous
100
The type of non-associative learning that leads to a decrease in reaction to a stimulus.
Habituation
100
The broad term that describes the sensory neurons in the eye.
Photoreceptors
100
Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.
What is the unconditioned/conditioned response?
Alex being nervous
100
The timing of sound differs between your two ears which helps you determine where things are in space. This is referred to as _______.
Loaclization
100
The neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and learning.
Dopamine
200
The type of non-associative learning that leads to a increase in reaction to a stimulus.
Sensitization
200
The type of photo receptor that detects color.
Cones
200
Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.
Alex doesn't watch that movie for a long period of time, now whenever the scary music plays, he doesn't get nervous. This is known as _________.
Extinction
200
The type of coding that processes low frequencies. (This is the one where the hair cells "dance.")
Temporal Coding
200
The sleep disorder that causes unusual actions during sleep, most commonly diagnosed in children.
Somnambulism
300
Type of social learning where your behavior changes because of watching other's behaviors.
Obersvation-Response
300
The photoreceptor in the eye that detects shades of gray.
Rods
300
Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.
This music was written in a minor key. Now anytime Alex hears a song in a minor key, he gets nervous. This is called ________.
Generalization
300
The wider the part of the cochlea that is responding, the _____ a sound will be perceived.
Lower
300
A regular drug user is most likely to overdose in a ____ setting
New / Unfamiliar
400
The type of conditioning that is similar to the phrase, "learning from the consequences of your own actions."
Action -> Stimulus -> Response
Operant Conditioning
400
The part of the brain that is considered the "sensory gateway."
Thalamus
400
Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.
What is the unconditioned stimulus?
The scary scene
400
The type of coding that process high frequencies.
Place Coding
400
The part of the brain that controls cravings.
Insula
500
Type of conditioning where one stimulus predicts another stimulus.
Classical Conditioning
500
The type of cells that collect information from the photoreceptors and send it to the sensory gateway.
Ganglion Cells
500
Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.
What is the conditioned stimulus?
The music
500
The part of the ear on which the hair cells are located.
Basilar Membrane
500
Hemispatial (unilateral) neglect occurs when there is damage in the _____ lobe.
Parietal Lobe.