Brain & Nervous System
the body's sense of where it is in 3D space
proprioception
what is instinctive drift?
hard to teach animals to work against their instinct - will naturally drift back to what they do in nature
the difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence?
crystallized = use of learned skills and knowledge
what class of drug is alcohol
depressant
daily quintuple (?) !!!
name the 5 attachment styles
secure = sad go, happy return
avoidant = no attach, not sad, no relief
ambivalent = inconsistent, anxious about reliability
disorganized = no clear pattern
resistant = upset when leave, cant soothe on return
what are ganglia?
collection of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system
people learn what behaviors are acceptable by watching other people perform them
modeling
at what age does Piaget say that children can think abstractly
11
what is the cognitive process theory for dreaming?
sleeping counterpart of stream of consciousness
Tracy has two daughters, aged 3 and 1. Her husband, Matt, primarily takes care of them or she has a babysitter or nanny. She laments to her family that she will have to spend time with them over the holidays. She doesn't know their favorite toys nor does she have a good sense of what words the 3-year-old can say. She has not set any rules for the kids.
What is her parenting style?
neglecting, uninvolved
what are Schwann cells?
form the myelin sheath in body axons
Megan sits in a lecture on Tuesday and finds it interesting enough. Later that day, she meets up with Nang who says the lecture was so boring! On Thursday, Chynna asks Megan how Tuesday's lecture was. Megan said not great.
What psychological effect is at play?
misinformation effect
when someone's opinion of an event/situation distorts how you remember finding it yourself
Goldie's roommate from 2 years ago was named Ashley. Last week, Rachel, Ashley's roommate from last year, came to Goldie and said that Ashley doesn't clean up after herself and has her boyfriend over all the time. But, Ashley did help her out when she needed a ride to Urgent Care. Goldie remembers Ashley always helping her out, staying quiet, and has no recollection of a mess. Therefore, she still considers Ashley to be a great person and roommate.
What is this bias called?
Confirmation bias
what is parasomnia?
weird behavior when asleep
the difference between peer group and reference group
peer = self selected
reference = established by how people are evaluated (ie, all applicants to medial school - eeeek!)
what sense does the thalamus have no interest in (not involved in it)
smell
daily double:
what is agnosia? what causes it?
how is that different than myopia?
a: the inability to recognize objects, people, or sounds caused by physical damage to the brain
m: can't recognize the consequences of your own actions
Megan's roommate Goldie calls her frantically that she has a flat tire. Megan suggests calling triple A so that they can come to change the tire into the spare one. She suggests this because that is what she did when she had a flat tire 3 years ago.
What is the term for Megan's approach to solving the problem?
mental set
tendency to approach problems in similar ways, to apply solutions of the past.
name 2 hallucinogens
LSD, Ketamine, THC
daily double:
german words for community and society
Gemeinschaft = community
Gesellschaft = society
what is the optic chiasm
where the nasal vision crosses
Daily double:
What are the 3 things Korsakoff's syndrome is marked by?
retrograde amnesia (old memories gone)
anterograde amnesia (no new mems)
confabulation (fabricated memories)
what is the difference between overconfidence and self-serving bias?
self-serving = take credit for good things, blame outside forces for bad
name 3 stimulants
amphetamines
cocaine
ecstacy/MDMA
weed
a shift in focus toward efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control in societies
McDonaldization