Types of Brain Scans
Functions of the Brain
Vocabulary
Famous Discoverers
Conditioning
100
allows us to see structures within the brain
What does a MRI do?
100
vision
What function does the optical lobe have?
100
A relatively permanent change in ones behavior
What is the definition for Learning?
100
Mrs. Poplin
Who is your favorite Psychology teacher?
100
acquisition
What is the initial state of classical conditioning?
200
Sensory and body positions
What are the functions of the Parietal lobe?
200
Generalization
What word defines the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses?
200
John Garcia
Who did a special study on conditioning?
200
unconditioned response
What is the unlearned classical condition that naturally occur?
300
reveals the waves of electricity sweeping through the brain
What does an EEG do?
300
movement and ballance
What are the functions of the Cerebellum?
300
Discrimination
What is word defines the classical conditioning, the learning ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimuli and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus?
300
Thorndlike
Who created the law of effect principle?
300
a stimulus that naturally triggers a response
What is unconditional stimulus?
400
gives visual display of brain activity
What does a PET do?
400
survival functions
What is the function of the brainstem?
400
brain lesion
What is tissue destruction in the brain called?
400
Ivan Pavlov
Who did the experiment learning that when a dog is fed when a bell rings they will always think it is feeding time when they hear the bell?
400
the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
What is conditioned Response?
500
reveals blood flow within brain
What does a FMRI do?
500
emotions
What is the function of the Amygdala?
500
Extinction
What is the diminishing of spontaneous recovery?
500
John Locke & David Hume
What two people concluded that we learn by association?
500
the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
What is conditioned Response?