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Ch. 5 Variations in Consciousness
Ch. 6 Learning
Ch. 7 Human Memory
Potpourri
Review from Quizzes 1&2
100
Basic awareness of one's surroundings internally and externally.
What is Consciousness
100
This type of learning is done by observing others.
What is Observational Learning
100
Use the computer analogy to explain the 3 components of memory.
Encoding- typing on a computer Storage- saving a file on a hard drive Retrieval- Pulling up a file
100
What is the type of learning where a person associates things with each other.
What is Classical Conditioning
100
This perspective of psychological science focuses on the person's unconscious influences.
What is Psychodynamic Theory?
200
This type of unconscious process is analogous to repressed memories.
What is unconscious as retained but unavailable.
200
This is where an action/response is reinforced some of the time.
What is Intermittent Reinforcement
200
This is only when you remember information presented at the beginning.
What is Primacy Effect?
200
What are the 4 parts of Classical Conditioning?
Unconditioned Stimulus Unconditioned Response Conditioned Stimulus Conditioned Response
200
This part of the neuron acts as the highway.
What is the axon?
300
True/false; If a person goes through a longer stage 4 sleep, shortening REM sleep, that individual lost restorative sleep.
FALSE. Stage 4 sleep is the stage where restorative sleep occurs.
300
You have been conditioned to whenever you see your cat you flinch. Later on you go to a friend's house and their cat walks in front of you and you flinch. What is this an example of?
What is Generalization?
300
For an upcoming exam you learn definitions to concepts and terms. You also relate this information back to information previously learned. What type of rehearsal is this called?
What is Elaboration Rehearsal
300
What is Narcolepsy?
This is where an individual has a sleep disorder where he/she falls asleep uncontrollably during normal waking hours.
300
In correlational research design, what technique can a researcher use to infer causation?
NOTHING! Correlation does not equal causation.
400
Give an example of Unconscious as noticed but uncomprehended.
Light-bulb moment.
400
If you are reinforced after every 3 days, what kind of schedule of reinforcement is this?
What is Fixed Interval
400
Explain the concept of "Magical 7, +/- 2"
This concept says that in our Working memory we only have so many "slots" to remember information. These slots range from 5-9.
400
What is the misinformation effect?
This is where a person observes and event. Misleading information is presented to the individual. Then later, the individual's perception of the event is altered.
400
What is the one thing that separates the concepts of Absolute threshold and Just Noticeable Difference threshold?
In the JND threshold the individual is already experiencing the stimulus. Whereas in the Absolute Threshold the individual is not.
500
Explain why hypnosis is not used for testimony in court.
Hypnosis makes you re-experience the emotions or the state you were in at that moment. Does not relive that memory. Additionally, if the person encodes the memory incorrectly, the person will believe it to be true.
500
This is when your Conditioned Stimulus functions like the Unconditioned Stimulus
What is Higher-order conditioning?
500
Explain why attention is so important to memory and encoding.
The capacity model of attention. This is where more difficult tasks take more concentration/attention. If there are two difficult tasks that an individual is trying to do together, then one task will take a hit and will not be encoded as well.
500
Identify the US, UR, CS, and CR in the famous experiment Pavlov conducted on his dogs.
US- Meat Powder UR- Salivation (Meat Powder) CS- Tone/Bell CR- Salivation (Bell)
500
Low levels of me can cause depression, but high levels of me can cause anxiety. Who am I?
What is Serotonin?