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Consciousness
Learning
Memory
Whats the differences
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Awareness of the outside world and your mental activity (thoughts, feelings, and perceptions)
What is consciousness
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a stimulus that triggers a response without conditions.
What is Unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
100
the process of putting information into a form that the memory system can accept and use.
What is Encoding
100
what is the difference between a conditioned stimulus and a unconditional stimulus
conditional stimulus is a stimulus that triggers a conditional response, where as a unconditional stimulus is a stimulus that triggers a response without conditional -conditional, needs training -unconditional, comes natural
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Zelda has formed stereotypes about people who have environmental bumper stickers on their cars. although she is not aware of it, the way she interacts with these car owners is affected by the stereotypes she has created. such stereotypes influence zelda's behavior at the ------ level of consciousnesses
What is subconscious
200
Level of mental activity theorized by Freud; contains sexual, aggressive impulses
What is Unconscious
200
A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone
What is Classical conditioning
200
memory of generalized world knowledge
What is Semantic
200
what type of drug type is alcohol and what type is cocaine?
Alcohol is a depressant, where cocaine is a stimulant
200
Julie has just meet Justin. although there is nothing overtly annoying about Justin, Julie feels a certain inexplicable dislike for him. although she is unaware of it, Julie was treated badly by someone who looked like Justin when she was younger. Julie is apparently being influenced by a(n) ------- memory.
What is implicit memory
300
breathing stops hundreds of times during the night which awakens the sleeper to restart breathing. Individuals don’t recall it, but person is not well rested.
What is Sleep apnea
300
a process through which people learn to differentiate among similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each one.
What is stimulus discrimination
300
the three basic processes of memory are?
What is encoding, storage, and retrieval.
300
whats the difference between episodic and semantic memory?
-Episodic (the when), is recalling of personal events you witnessed. -Semantic (the What), is memory for generalized knowledge about the world.
300
Samira is working on a crossword puzzle. although she doesn't realize it, she has seen this crossword puzzle before- she works on it when it was in a different newspaper some time ago. Samira may end up solving this crossword relatively quickly because of?
What is priming
400
block normal neurotransmitter-receptor binding without stimulating the receptors (ex. Curare blocks nicotinic receptors from effects of acetylcholine)
What is Antagonists
400
a gradually molding or training an organism to perform a specific response (behavior) by reinforcing any responses that are similar to the desired response.
What is Shaping
400
what is the immediate memory span in short-term memory?
What is 7 (+/-)2
400
what is the differences between retroactive and proactive (wen dealing with the interference theory)?
-retroactive (to go back), new info interferes with old info -proactive (to move forwards), old info interferes with new info
400
Stephanie has learned that is she cries after being put to bed, her parents will often return and pick her up. crying is a(n)
What is an operant response by Stephanie
500
psychoactive drugs that produce both sleep-inducing and pain-relieving effects
What is Opiates
500
a form of negative reinforcement, when an organism responds to a signal in a way that prevents exposure to an aversive stimulus.
What is Avoidance conditioning
500
Memories that are helped or hindered by similarities or differences between the environmental contexts in which they are learned and recalled.
What is context-dependent memories.
500
whats the differences between negative reinforcement and negative punishment
-Neg. reinforcement is when you remove a stimulus BUT it increases the behavior -Neg. punishment also is removing a stimulus BUT the behavior will decrease
500
when marc sits in his bedroom with the door open, his sister walks by and starts yelling at him. in time, marc learns that is he cloeses the door when his sister yells at him, she stops yelling and walks away. this shows-------. marc also learns that if he closes the door before his sister walks by, she will not start yelling at him. This shows------.
What is escape conditioning; avoidance conditioning