Sleep
A sleep disorder where a person has trouble falling or staying asleep
What is insomnia?
The most commonly used hallucinogen
What is marijuana?
A conditioned stimulus elicits this
What is a conditioned response?
The removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior
What is negative reinforcement?
The stage of memory used to remember Dr. Allard's lecture from this morning
What is long-term memory?
A sleep disorder involving nightmares that cause rapid awakening and intense fear afterwards
What are night terrors?
Can be used to create false memories
What is hypnosis?
The term for when the conditioned response decreases
What is extinction?
This researcher continued on Thornkdike's ideas and focused on operant conditioning
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The inability to form new episodic memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
This creates a brief boost in alertness as your brain metabolism is slowing down
What is yawning?
Natural and synthetic substances that alter thinking, perception, and/or memory
What are psychoactive drugs?
The conditioned stimulus in the Little Albert study
What is a white rat?
Behavior that is reinforced every time it happens
What is continuous reinforcement?
The process of strengthening a memory trace over time
What is consolidation?
When REM sleep is disrupted, this process is also disturbed
What is memory consolidation?
When someone's body cannot function normally without the presence of the drug
What is physical dependence?
Pavlov's dog's salivation to food
What is an unconditioned response?
Reinforcing behavior that gets closer and closer to the final desired behavior
What is shaping?
Allows you to see movies and perceive motion in flip-books
What is sensory memory?
According to these researchers, 29% of dreams are in color
Who are Hall & Van de Castle?
Sleeping pills are an example of this kind of drug
What are benzodiazepines?
When the conditioned response occurs after extinction
What is spontaneous recovery?
Learned rewards, like money or good grades, that increase a behavior
What are secondary reinforcers?
Grouping connected items so they can be stored as single concepts
What is chunking?