Unit I
This is the basic building block of the nervous system
A Neuron/nerve cell
Charles Spearmen believed that "basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas."
Another name for this theory is what
General Intelligence
These are harmful agents that can affect prenatal development
Teratogens
Fear and Aggression
Amygdala
This is the perspective that focuses on Darwinism and says we behave the way we do because we have inherited those behaviors.
The Evolutionary Perspective
This is a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms
Heuristics
Adolescence is the years spent morphing from child to adult. It starts with this and ends with this
Puberty and Social achievement of independent adult status
The sensory swtichboard, processes every sense other than smell
Thalamus
This dream theory states that REM sleep triggers neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories.
Activation Synthesis Theory
This is a binocular cue that compares images from the two eyes to allow the brain to compute distance.
Retinal disparity
Another name for the Whorfian Hypothesis, that states language determines the way we think
Linguistic Determinism
Reward center, hunger, thirst, sexual arousal
Hypothalamus
If all students were raised in identical environments and were given an IQ test. The difference in their scores would be due to their genetics. So in this example, we can say that this score would be very high.
These are the three stages of the Atkinson Shiffrin Memory Model (in order)
Sensory Memory - Working/Short-Term Memory - Long-Term Memory
Of all the operant reinforcement schedules, this is considered the most resistant to extinction
Variable Ratio
Dopamine
This theory states that the retina contains three different color receptors that when stimulated in combination can produce the perception of any color.
Young-Helmholtz Tri-Chromatic (Three color) theory
Where are the effortful/explicit memories processed in the brain?
Hippocampus and Frontal Lobes
These are Piaget's stages of Cognitive development (in order)
Sensorimotor, Preoperational Stage, Concrete Operational Stage, Formal Operational Stage
Controls Arousal
Reticular Formation