Sensation & Perception
The Eye & Ear
Consciousness
Learning
Memory
100
These consist of touch, pressure, cold, warmth & pain.
What are the skin senses? (I will accept senses, but taste is not there so SHOULD be skin senses).
100
This is the black center of your eye which appears to grow in size in dim light.
What is the pupil?
100
Most dreams occur during this kind of sleep.
What is REM?
100
With Pavlov's dog, the meat or food presented BEFORE training is this...
What is the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)?
100
George Miller found the average person can keep about ____ digits or chunks in mind at one time.
What is 7?
200
When this is "not working properly" it can cause you to become out of balance or nauseated, especially after riding on a boat or airplane.
What is the vestibular sense?
200
This is the vibrating membrane which is the barrier between the outer and middle ear.
What is the tympanic membrane or ear drum?
200
Freud says, mental events or memories are not currently in our awareness, but are readily available if they are here.
What is preconscious?
200
This term fits with..."You became ill after eating chicken wings; so now you won't eat rotisserie chicken or turkey either." In other words, you applied your taste aversion to other foods as well.
What is generalization?
200
We should identify knowing HOW TO thread a sewing machine as this kind of memory.
What is implicit or procedural?
300
This is the term for "flooding the transmission of pain by rubbing a new injury."
What is gate theory?
300
These are the retinal cells which allow us to see in color.
What are cones?
300
When we rest, these are most frequently caused by simple extensions or residue of the day.
What are dreams?
300
This is the kind of learning which takes place due to the effects of or consequences of a behavior.
What is Operant Conditioning?
300
If a problem occurs in the 3rd stage of the memory process; you may have encoded a memory, and stored a memory, but are not able to do this.
What is retrieval OR recall?
400
This is the reason you can't smell your perfume or cologne several hours after putting it on, even though others can. (Hint: not positive or negative)
What is sensory adaptation?
400
This term means you cannot see color at all; your vision is only in black & white shades.
What is a monochromat?
400
Living in Northern Alaska in the winter OR being on a submarine for months without surfacing, these would probably be messed up.
What are Circadian Rhythms?
400
A parent praises her child when she gets an "A" on a spelling test. This term describes giving the praise in hope she will study and do well on future tests as well.
What is positive reinforcement?
400
While playing Brain Games on your ipad, you must identify images that are blinked on the screen for just an instant, thus activating this visual sensory register.
What is Iconic Memory?
500
This is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to produce a sensation that a person can detect 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
500
120 of these is how loud a speaker would produce sounds at a concert.
What are (dB) decibels?
500
This is how waves vary and help us categorize stages of sleep...
What are frequency and amplitude? (Also accept: height and speed or length)
500
This theorist studied Observational Learning or modeling.
What or Who is Bandura?
500
This is Freud's term for not being able to recall most events from the first few years of life.
What is Infantile Amnesia?