What is : process of encoding stimulus & energy from the outside
100
Characteristics of REM sleep
What is Rapid eye movement
Dreams occur in this stage
Occurs 90 minutes after falling asleep
Paralyzed so cannot act out dreams
100
What drugs are depressants of the CNS
What is opiates (heroin), alcohol, valium
100
STM has a limited capacity of__
What is 7+/- 2 digits of information
200
Perception is..
What is Organizing & interpreting sensory info (learned)
200
Non REM stages
What is Stage 2 sleep spindles less frequent then alpha waves
Stage 3 deep sleep delta
Stage 4 very deep delta waves kids spend more time than adults in this stage
200
LSD is considered a
What is Hallucinogens
200
The CS in Classical conditioning is paired with
What is UCS
200
LTM has
What is unlimited capacity
300
Night-terrors VS. Nightmares
What is Night terrors-stage 4 cannot wake up
Nightmares-REM bad dream
300
All psychoactive drugs that are addictive increase
What is dopamine
300
Operant conditioning involves ____to alter behavior
What is an reinforcer
300
Memories for personal events is called
What is episodic memory
400
How do our sensory systems work?
What is Reception: absorption of physical
energy (wavelengths)
Transduction: Converting physical energy into electrical/ chemical neural pattern
400
Narcolpsy is characterized by
What is Sleep Seizure
Person loses consciousness
Goes into REM cataplexy
400
Drugs have a global affect on the brain especially the
What is hypothalamus
400
Taste aversion is based on ___conditioning
What is classical
400
Elizabeth Loftus research is on____
What is eyewitness reporting and false memories
500
Absolute Threshold
What is What is..Detection of stimuli 50% of the time
500
Meaning of Dreams
What is Freud wish fulfillment
Latent Vs Manifest
Hobson-random neural firing
Crick- erase unnecessary information
500
Complications due to alcoholism include
What is cirrhosis of the liver Korsakoff's syndrome