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Sensation & Perception
Sensation & Perception 2
Learning
Learning 2
Memory
100
The amplitude of a light wave determines the ___________ of an object.
What is brightness/intensity?
100
_________ involves detecting physical energy from the environment and converting it to neural signals; whereas _________ involves selecting, organizing, and interpreting this information.
What are sensation; perception?
100
An operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.
What is shaping?
100
Tyrell has learned that if he cries after being put to bed, his parents will often return and pick him up and give him attention. His parents have unintentionally taught Tyrell that crying should be repeated through what type of consequence?
What is positive reinforcement?
100
A memory store that holds a large amount of perceptual information for a very brief time, typically less than 1 second.
What is sensory memory?
200
The _____________ found on the retina are responsible for vision in low light conditions whereas the ______________ are responsible for vision in bright light conditions and seeing color.
What are rods; cones?
200
This specific sense is what allows us to walk without actually having to watch our legs moving to get the steps right
What is kinesthetic?
200
The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred is called ______.
What is spontaneous recovery?
200
Learning trials in which a conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without an unconditioned stimulus will lead to:
What is extinction?
200
A gymnast is badly injured during his routine. Following the accident, he is able to form new memories, but can’t remember anything about his life before the accident. This patient is most likely suffering from which form of amnesia?
What is retrograde amnesia?
300
Theodore takes a bite of some very spicy curry, and feels the sensation of triangles moving up and down his arm. It’s likely that Theodore has
What is synesthesia?
300
The receptors responsible for guiding the sharp pains that tell us damage is being done to our body are
What are a-delta fibers?
300
Corey stole his sister’s favorite toy. As a result, he is grounded from playing outside for the rest of the day. What type of consequence does this best illustrate?
What is negative punishment?
300
You decide to reward yourself with M&Ms while studying for your final exams. You let yourself have the first handful after you’ve spent 10 minutes studying, the next handful after 30 more minutes of studying, and the next after 5 more minutes of studying. Which schedule of reinforcement are you using?
What is variable interval?
300
These are memories that involve well-learned habits, procedures, or classically conditioned responses.
What are implicit memories?
400
The four Gestalt laws of organization.
What are proximity, continuity, closure, similarity?
400
When you first hear a firework explode, it is extremely loud. But by the end of a long fireworks display, you are often not bothered by the noise anymore. This phenomenon is an example of:
What is sensory adaptation?
400
In a conditioning experiment, a sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the rabbit. After several pairings, the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound. ________ serves as the conditioned stimulus, while the _______ served as the unconditioned stimulus.
What are sound; puff of air?
400
Joey spends a couple weeks learning the song “Happy” for a school talent show. Greg has heard the song so often in the car that he now finds himself singing along to all the words. Both Joey and Greg now know the lyrics, but Joey knows them through ______________, while Greg knows them through _________________.
What are intentional learning; incidental learning?
400
Clive knowing that marriage often involves a woman changing her last name, but not remembering that his niece got married means that he retains some__________ memories, but does not retain _____________ memories.
What are semantic; episodic?
500
Name five depth perception cues.
What are Linear perspective; size; texture gradient; interposition/blocking; motion parallax; light and shadow; retinal disparity?
500
_________ processing is initiated by our expectations and beliefs, whereas __________ processing is initiated by the stimulus.
What are top-down; bottom-up?
500
Tommy has been watching the other kids at day care work on a puzzle for a week now, but hasn’t played with it at all because he doesn’t have any interest in it. Then his teacher announces that everyone who completes the puzzle gets a gold star. Eager for the star, Tommy completes the puzzle immediately. The fact that Tommy knew how to complete the puzzle is an example of…
What is latent learning?
500
Two-year-old Philip was recently clawed by the neighbor's cat. Philip now fears all small animals. His fear demonstrates the process of
What is generalization?
500
Dan goes out with friends on a Saturday night and has a couple drinks. While out, he meets a friend of a friend named Tom. A few days later, he goes out to dinner and sees Tom, and knows he met him, but can’t seem to recall his name. After a couple drinks at dinner, Dan suddenly remembers Tom’s name. This best exemplifies ___________.
What is state-dependent retrieval?