Psychologist
Memory
Learning
Brain
Taste and perception
100

Created functionalist school of thought.

William James

100

The first step in memory; the process by which information gets into memory storage.

Encoding

100

Learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Classical conditioning

100

and almond-shaped structure within the base of the temporal lobe that is involved in the discrimination of objects that are necessary for the organism's survival, such as apprppriate food, mates and social rivals

amygdala

100

The operation in sensation and perception in which sensory receptors register information about the external environment and send it up to the brain for interpretation.



bottom up processing

200

Developed psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry"


Sigmund freud

200

A continuum of memory processing from shallow to intermediate to deep, with deeper processing producing better memory.

Levels of processing 

200

The initial learning of the connection between the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus when these two stimuli are paired.

Acquisition

200

the structure in the limbic system that has a special role in the storage of memories

hippocampus

200

Specialized cells that detect stimulus information and transmit it to sensory (afferent) nerves and the brain.


Sensory receptors

300

Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development.

Erik Erikson

300

Memory system that involves holding information from the world in its original sensory form for only an instant, not much longer than the brief time it is exposed to the visual, auditory, and other senses.



Sensory memory

300

The tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response.

Generalization

300

structures located at the back of the head that respond to visual stimuli.

Occipital lobes

300

The receptor cells in the retina that are sensitive to light but not very useful for color vision.

rods 

400

Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development

Abraham Masclow

400

Limited-capacity memory system in which information is usually retained for only as long as 30 seconds unless the individual uses strategies to retain it longer.



Short term memory

400

The process in classical conditioning by which a conditioned response can recur after a time delay, without further conditioning.





Spontaneous recovery

400

part of the forebrain, the outer layer of the brain, responsible for the most complex mental functions, such as thinking and planning

Cerebral cortex

400

Theory stating that cells in the visual system respond to complementary pairs of red-green and blue-yellow colors; a given cell might be excited by red and inhibited by green, whereas another cell might be excited by yellow and inhibited by blue.

opponent process theory

500

Early behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning


John B Watson

500

Remembering information about doing something in the future; includes memory for intentions.


Prospective memory

500

Rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior.

Shaping

500

large neuron clusters located above the thalamus and under the cerebral cortex that work with the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex to control and coordinate voluntary movements



Basal Ganglia

500

The principle by which we organize the perceptual field into stimuli that stand out (figure) and those that are left over (ground).

figure ground relationship