History, Scope and Methods
Learning
Memory
Sensation and Perception
Brain and Nervous System
Sleep
Development
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Who is the "Father of Psychology"

Wilhelm Wundt

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What is classical conditioning?

Process by which we learn to associate stimuli, consequently, to anticipate events

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What are the 3 basic functions of Memory?

Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

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What is transduction?

The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential

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What are the two types of Nervous System?

Central and Peripheral

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What does REM stand for?

Rapid Eye Movement

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What is a schema?

Mental molds based on experience and perception

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What is Introspection?

A process by which someone examines their own conscious and how those components combined to a result in our conscious experience

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What is acquisition?

The initial period of learning in classical conditioning

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Effortful processing

Requires a lot of work and attention in order to encode information

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What is signal detection theory?

The ability to identify a stimulus when it is embedded in a distracting background

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What are the four lobes of the brain?

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital

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What is an Electroencephalogram?

An EEG monitors brain wave activity

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What was the purpose of the Bobo Doll?

Used in studys to see if children would mimic the play style of an adult

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Who established functional psychology?

William James, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce

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What is spontaneous recovery?

The return of a previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period

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What is Short-Term memory?

A temporary storage system that processes incoming sensory memory

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What is depth perception?

Our ability to perceive spatial relationships in three-dimensional space

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Name one purpose of the Amygdala

Experience emotions or meaning to memory

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What stage of REM does dreaming occur?

Stage 5

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What is preconventional morality?

Learning the laws and rules

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What is Functionalism

How mental activities helped an organism fit into it's environment

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What is stimulus discrimination?

When an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli that are similar

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What is Rehearsal?

lt moves information from short-term memory to long-term memory

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What is Sensory Interaction?

When one sense affects another

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What gland in the endocrine system is responsible for fight or flight?

Pituitary gland or Adrenal gland

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How often do the five stages of sleep reset?

Every 90 minutes

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At what age does selective pruning begin?

15

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Who was Sigmund Freud?

Australian neurologist who was satisfied by patients suffering from "hysteria"

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 What is stimulus generalization?

when an organism demonstrates the conditioned response to stimuli that are similar to the condition stimulus

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What is Long-term memory?

A continuous storage of information

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What are 3 of the five tastes?

Salty, Sweet, Sour, Umami, and bitter

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What is Neuroplasticity?

pruning and creation of new synapses

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What gland is responsible for sleep?

The Pineal Gland

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What is shaping?

reinforcements of approximations to a target behavior

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What did Pavlov study?

A form of learning behavior called a conditional reflex

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What is operant conditioning?

Organisms learn to associate a behavior and its consequence

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What is arousal theory?

Strong emotions trigger the formation of strong memories, and weaker emotional experiences form weaker memories

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How is Intensity/Brightness represented on a light wave?

Amplitude

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What is the Cerebral Cortex?

The outer layer of the brain consisting of gyri and sulci

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What is one Sleep Disorder?

Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy, Night Terrors, and Somnambulism

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What is the difference between prosocial and antisocial modeling?

Prosocial- helpful/positive

Antisocial- Negative