Biological Basis of Behavior (U1)
The function of the amygdala
What is linked to raw emotions such as fear and anger?
Retina
What is the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye that begin the processing of visual information?
Maturation
What is fixed physical or cognitive development not caused by environment?
Mnemonic Device
What is a memory aid that uses vivid imagery and organization?
What is the defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites?
Reticular Activating System
What is a nerve network in the brain stem that plays an important role in controlling arousal?
Transduction
What is transferring stimulus energies into neural impulses our brain can interpret?
Piaget's Theories
Anterograde Amnesia
What is memory loss of information presented after trauma and inability to make new memories?
External Cues Circumstances
What is related to hunger?
Reuptake Inhibitor
What is a substance that interferes with the transport of released neurotransmitter molecules back into the presynaptic terminal, boosting the effects of the neurotransmitter?
Convergence
What is the ability to turn the two eyes inward towards each other to look at a close object, allowing us to see depth with the use of both our eyes?
Social Learning Theory
What is the theory that states that you learn social behavior by observation and imitation and being rewarded or punished.
Forgetting Curve
What is a visual representation of how time is a significant factor in forgetting?
Ghrelin
What is the hormone involved in stimulating apetite?
Neural Transmission
What is the movement of the action potential down the length of the axon, releasing neurotransmitters across the synaptic space to a receiving neuron?
Interposition
WHat is a monocular cue for perceiving depth; if one object partially blocks our view of another, we perceive it as closer?
Gender Schema Theory
What is the theory stating that children determine what is female or male behavior through observation and experience?
Method of Loci
What is a memory aid requiring associating each term with vivid details to memories of a familiar place?
id
What is a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives, demanding immediate gratification?
Refractory Period
What is a brief resting pause that occurs after a neuron has fired; subsequent action potentials cannot occur until the axon returns to its resting state?
Accommodation
What is the process by which the focus of the eye is changed to allow objects to form sharp images on the retina?
Beliefs before Piaget
1) What is children's brains are the same as adults'?
2) What is children know less, not know differently?
Retrieval Cues
What is memory held in storage by web of associations?
Disinhibition
What is the quality representing impulsiveness, extraversion, and a hedonistic lifestyle according to sensation-seeking theory?