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This is the state of transition between wakefulness and sleep, characterized by relatively rapid, low-amplitude brain waves. 

What is stage 1 sleep?
100
True or False. Stress can reduce the effectiveness of working memory by reducing its capacity.
What is true?
100
Psychologists use the term _____ to refer to a relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience.
What is learning?
100
Our ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs. This is the _____ effect.
What is serial position?
100
Pierre has been an alcoholic for several decades. Now in his 50s, his intellectual abilities are intact, but he suffers from memory deficits and hallucinations. Based on this information, you suspect that Pierre may be afflicted with:
What is Korsakoff's Syndrome?
200
This is the deepest stage of sleep, during which we are least responsive to outside stimulation. 

What is stage 4 sleep?
200
On your computer desktop, you can see all sorts of different files, each immediately accessible. Because you are actively working on them, and because you can open them whenever you want, these files are in fact very similar to the kind of information held in:
What is working memory?
200
The process of teaching complex behavior by reinforcing ever closer approximations of the desired behavior is called:
What is shaping?
200
When you try to list all the classes you've ever taken in college, chances are you will recall your last few classes particularly well. What is this phenomenon called?
What is recency effect?
200
These drugs have an arousal effect on the central nervous system, causing a rise in heart rate, blood pressure, and muscular tension.

What are stimulants?
300
Brief periods of "spiky" brain wave patterns called sleep spindles are characteristic of _____ sleep.
What is stage 2?
300
_____ memory, _____ memory, and _____ memory is the order of stages in the three stage model of memory.
What is sensory, short-term, long-term?
300
The _____ is an approach to the study of learning that focuses on the thought processes that underlie learning.
What is cognitive learning theory?
300
Activating one memory triggers the activation of related memories in a process known as:
What is spreading activation?
300
A sleep disturbance associated with difficult breathing during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
400
In general terms, how do brain waves change as a sleeper progresses from stage 1 sleep to stage 4 sleep?
What is become slower?
400
Knowing how to serve a badminton birdie is an example of a(n) _____ memory.
What is procedural?
400
Paychecks and semester grades are delivered on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
What is fixed interval?
400
A stimulus that facilitates the recall of information from long-term memory is called a:
What is retrieval cue?
400
Biological processes occurring on a cycle of approximately 24 hours are termed as:
What are circadian rhythms?
500
All of the following statements are true of ____ sleep: - Heart rate increases and becomes irregular. - Breathing rate increases. - Vivid dreams occur.
What is REM?
500
Having done "21 for 21" shots, Deanna barely remembers her 21st birthday. That is, her _____ memory is sketchy.
What is episodic?
500
Jonas is a veteran of the war in Iraq. He suffers from PTSD. Now, back home in a quiet California neighborhood, he jumps when he hears a firecracker or a car backfire. In the terminology of classical conditioning, these sounds are best thought of as _____ stimuli.
What is conditioned?
500
"I know it! It's um . . . um . . . It starts with ‘G'," begins a trivia game contestant excitedly. The contestant is falling prey to the _____ effect.
What is tip-of-the-tongue?
500
"Responses that lead to satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated." This is the law of:
What is effect?