a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others
What is dissociation
100
By learning to associate a squirt of water with an electric shock, sea snails demonstrate the process of
What is classical conditioning
100
that sense that I have had this experience before. Cues from the current situation that subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
What is Deja vu
100
the process of choosing between alternatives
What is decision making
100
the mental acitivities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
What is cognition
200
chemicals that change perceptions and moods
What are psychoactive drugs
200
A dog's salivation at the sight of a food dish is a
What is conditioned response
200
a method of retrieval in which an individual is required to reporduce the information previously presented.
What is recall
200
a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms
What is heuristic
200
the process by which people form opinions, reach conclusions, and make critical evaluations of events and people based on available material
What is judgement
300
the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug
What is withdrawal
300
increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food.
What is positive reinforcement
300
Cerebellum is to _______ memory as hippocampus is to _______ memory
What is implicit; explicit
300
the tendency to be more confident than correct -- to over estimate the accuracy of one's beliefs and judgements
What is overconfidence
300
our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning.
What is language
400
Name the four bilogical rhythms
What is annual cycle, 28 day cycle, 24 hour cycle, 90 minute cycle
400
studied digestive system and salivary secretion of dogs, he named body responses such as unconditioned response nad unconditioned stimulus
Who is Ivan Pavlov
400
Shortly after you see a missing-child poster you are more likely to interpret an ambiguous adult-child interaction as a possible kidnaping. This best illustrates the impact of:
What is priming
400
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
What is syntax
400
the process of taking single items of information and recoding them on the basis of similarity or some other organizing principle
What is chunking
500
recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
What is insomnia
500
Jeremy wears his baseball cap backward because he noticed his older brother does as well.
What is modeling
500
The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle item is known as the _______ effect.
What is serial position
500
two or more mental processes that are carried out simultaneously
What is parallel processes
500
a memory phenomenon that occurs when retrieval cues do not point effectively to one specific memory