Consciousness
A deep stage of sleep associated with dreaming, irregular pulse rate and breathing
What is Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep?
Where light enters the eye
What is the cornea?
When a learner is taught to respond differently to slightly different stimulus
What is stimulus discrimination?
Information in its sensory form that is stored for a brief time
What is sensory memory?
The branch of the nervous system that controls automatic, involuntary functions people don't normally think about
What is the autonomic nervous system?
What is Activation Synthesis/Hobson & McCarley
The theory that explains colour blindness due to antagonistic responses to red vs green
What is Opponent-Process?
Pavlov's dog now salivates after the tone, without food present
What is conditioned stimulus/response?
When previously memorized information makes it harder for new information to be memorized
What is proactive interference?
The structure in the forebrain through which all sensory info passes through
The stage of sleep one enters after NREM 3
The idea that perception of pitch corresponds to the rate the basilar membrane vibrates
What is frequency theory?
Paul gives his dog a treat when he lifts one leg, then when he stands on his hind legs, then when he does a spin on his hind legs
What is shaping?
Under the 'working memory' theory, someone memorizes a phrase by repeating it multiple times
What is the phonological loop?
When the Na+ channels open up in a neuron and Na+ goes into the cell
What is the depolarization phase?
Factors that influence drug effects
What is (frequency of use, personal characteristics, dose & potency of drug, familiarity with environment using in)?
You have depth perception because objects project images to slightly different locations on the right and left retinas
What is retinal disparity?
What is a variable-ratio schedule?
The memory system Annie uses when she learns to ride a bike
What is procedural memory?
Bob sees an image of a square in his left field of vision. He can draw the shape, but can't say the shape he saw
What is split brain?
Tina's brain is producing slow and intense waves and every once in a while there is a single very intense burst. She is in ________ sleep
What is NREM 2?
A type of perception influenced by cultural experiences, personality, attention, and possibly closed 'gates'
What is pain/tactile system?
When Jane finally agrees to play with her brother, he stops whining
What is negative reinforcement?
Leah remembers how to get from her bus stop to her apartment, but she doesn't know how she remembers
What is implicit/nondeclarative memory?
A neurotransmitter that prevents action potentials
What is (dopamine, serotonin, GABA)