Unit One: Intro
The word psyche means
mind or soul
The process by which our brains organize and interpret information and put it into context. Sometimes referred to as a top-down process.
Perception
Hypnosis, Biofeedback and Meditation are all
altered states of consciousness
What are the three parts of memory
Encoding, storage, retrieval
Learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event to which we have a reaction.
Classical conditioning
Define psychology
The study of animal or human behavior and mental processes.
When one sense seems to stimulate a separate sense (often in an illogical means.)
Synesthesia
Opiates fit into this category of drug
Depressants
Grouping information into meaningful units so they can be remembered easier.
Chunking
This behaviorist, using a rewards and punishment box, realized that when learned behaviors are no longer rewarded they become extinct.
Skinner aka Mr. Forehead
How is psychiatry different from psychology
Must have MD
The ability of the brain to make sense of many separate aspects at once, such as color, motion, shape, and depth is called...
parallel processing
Marijuana, mushrooms, and LSD are all these types of drugs.
Hallucinogens
When you are unable to create new memories after the event, that causes amnesia.
Anterograde amnesia
The following is an example of which schedule of reinforcement? Imagine that you are training a rat to press a lever, but you only reinforce the first response after a ten-minute time period. The rat does not press the bar much during the first 5 minutes after reinforcement but begins to press the lever more and more often the closer you get to the ten-minute mark.
fixed interval
A harmless pill medicine or procedure is prescribed more for the psychological benefit than any physiological impact.
placebo
Another name for pink-eye
conjuntivitis
.Discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of a drug is called
Withdrawal
The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to is called its
Validity
Describe the difference between a neutral and an unconditioned stimulus.
Stimulus, which triggers a response naturally, before/without any conditioning, is unconditioned.
What is the difference between a double-blind study and a single-blind study?
Double means the researches don't know which is real and which is placebo.
The minimum stimulation needed to register a particular stimulus 50% of the time. Think of the hearing tests you have when you are a child. They measure when you can hear a sound.
absolute threshold
The study of dreams
oneirology
A person who is otherwise limited in mental ability yet who has an exceptional talent or skill.
savant
Which schedule of reinforcement is this?
You receive a free flight after you have flown 60,000 miles with a particular airline.
fixed ratio