Learning
A type of learning in which one learns to not respond to a certain stimuli
What is habituation?
The part of the nervous system that regulates organs.
What is the autonomic nervous system
The first of the three memory stages, preserving brief sensory impressions on stimuli
What is Sensory Memory?
A mental process that produces novel responses that contribute to solutions to certain problems.
What is creativity?
The process by which we recognize, interpret, and organize presented stimuli.
What is perception?
The Psychologist who discovered classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
A segment of a chromosome that encodes for the organism's genetic characeteristics.
What is a gene?
A division of the long term memory that stores information for how things are done.
What is Procedural memory?
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The two types of receptors in the eyes.
What are cones and rods?
Bill the first grader gets food poisoning from a piece of shrimp he ate. Bill is now 35, and even today, the taste, smell, and appearance of shrimp makes him sick. What is this called?
What is taste-aversion learning?
Michael discovers he has a deficiency of dopamine in his brain. He likely has this psychological disorder
What is Parkinson's Disease?
The part of the brain used the most in long term memory
What is the Hippocampus?
The personality test that classifies people based on Jungian types.
What is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
Greg likes to look at the stars at night. Since it is dark, Greg will use this type of cell in his eyes to get a good look at the stars.
What are rods.
What type of learning did Thorndike's cat's use in the the Thorndike Box
What is trial and error learning?
Known as the support system for neurons. They form the myelin sheath.
What are glial cells?
Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve shows the ________, or impermanence, of long term memory
What is transience?
This type of psychologist is most likely to believe that man is naturally good.
What is Humanistic?
When you first jump in a pool, the water is cold to you. After a few minutes, it feels warmer. This is said to happen due to _________.
What is sensory adaptation?
During the acquisition phase of Pavlov's classical conditioning, the tone is said to be the ______
What is the Conditioned Stimulus?
The amount of subdivisions in the peripheral nervous system.
What is 2?
Greg studied French with Mr. France and studied Spanish with Mr. Spanish. Years later, Greg is asked to recall who he studied French with and he says Mr. Spanish. This is called _______
What is misattribution?
What is external locus of control?
Billy is sitting in a room with Fred. Billy smells a fire, and says something about. Fred says he smells nothing, until about 5 minutes later. Fred is said to have a higher ________.
what is absolute threshold?