_____ is made up of the spinal cord and the brain.
What is the central nervous system?
100
During _____ stage of sleep we are most likely to experience a vivid dream.
What is REM?
100
____ is the stimulus that elicits an automatic response.
What is the unconditioned stimulus?
100
____, _______, and _____ are the three systems of memory.
What is sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory?
100
_______ is the point on the retina that provides the clearest and sharpest vision.
What is the fovea?
200
Visual information is processed in the _____.
What is the occipital lobe?
200
The ____ class of psychoactive drugs works by slowing down activity within the nervous system.
What is depressants?
200
_______ is learning controlled by the consequences of the organism's behavior.
What is operant conditioning?
200
The magic number.
What is 7 plus or minus 2?
200
In Pavlov's studies the salvation at the sound of the bell was the ________.
What is conditioned response?
300
All neurons contain ____, ____, and _____.
What is dendrites, cell body and axon?
300
______ is the result of misinterpretations of sensory information in our seeing.
What is visual illusions?
300
_____ occurs when the CS no longer produces the CR.
What is extinction?
300
_______ is the inability to encode new memories.
What is anterograde amnesia?
300
_____ is the number that represents no correlation between two variables.
What is zero?
400
Correlation is not ______.
What is causation?
400
Changes in the wavelenght of light images are perceived as ______.
What is color?
400
_______ asserts that if a response in the presence of a stimulus is followed by a satisfying state of affairs, the bond between the stimulus and response will be strengthened.
What is the law of effect?
400
Research by Elizabeth Loftus showed that memories can be ________.
What is reconstructed through interaction with others?
400
_____ is a learning aid, strategy, or device that enhances recall.
What is a mnemonic?
500
_____ is the location that uniquely recognizes a neurotransmitter.
What is a receptor site?
500
When you are dreaming and know you are dreaming you are experiencing _____.
What is lucid dreaming?
500
Static on the phone subsiding when you move to a different spot in a room is an example of __________.
What is negative reinforcement?
500
______ is acquiring knowledge that was previously learned but largely forgotten over time.