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100

This type of memory stores information from the senses for only a few seconds or less.

What is sensory memory?

100

Sleep is divided into these two main types.

What are REM and non-REM sleep?

100

This term describes repeated problems falling or staying asleep.

What is insomnia? 

100

You want to teach your cat to come when its name is called. Every time your cat comes  back to you when you call her name, you give her a treat. By creating consequences for  your cat's behavior, you have used 


Operant conditioning

100

According to George Miller, the average person can hold about this many items in short-term memory.

What is 7 ± 2?

200

Grouping information into meaningful units—like turning 14921776 into “1492” and “1776”—is called this.

What is chunking?

200

Most vivid dreams occur during this sleep stage.

What is REM sleep?

200

Your roommate says that you seem to wake up dozens of times in the night, gasping for  air, but you are totally unaware of it. Based on this information, you may be experiencing:

Sleep apnea

200

Ella watched her brother put his plate in the sink after eating and heard their mother praise him for cleaning up. Thus, Ella has learned to put her plate in the sink at the end of a a meal. Ella's behavior is most  likely a result of:

Vicarious conditioning

200

The sensory register for visual information is called this.

What is iconic memory?

300

Damien sees a boy in a Purple shirt steal a candy bar. Later, during questioning, the police  ask what candy the girl in the Yellow shirt stole. Months later, when Damien testifies in  court, he describes the girl as having worn a Yellow shirt. This is an example of

 

Suggestibility

300

As you sleep through the night, REM sleep 

Increases relative to the other stages

300

People with this disorder may suddenly fall asleep during the day, even in the middle of activities.

What is narcolepsy ?

300

If Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus, the bell, without the  unconditioned stimulus, the food, the dogs would stop salivating to the sound of the bell.  In classical conditioning, this process is called:

Extinction

300

Brain activity during REM sleep most closely resembles this state.

What is wakefulness?

400

This component handles visual and spatial information.

What is the visuospatial sketchpad?

400

What are the four stages of sleep?

  • tage 1 (N1) is the lightest stage of sleep and occurs as a person first falls asleep.
  • Stage 2 (N2) is where the body starts to relax more deeply. Body temperature drops, muscles relax, and heart and breathing rate slow.
  • Stage 3 (N3 or deep sleep) is the deepest and more restorative sleep, allowing the body to recover and grow.
  • Stage 4 (REM Sleep) is where most dreaming occurs, brain activity increases, and the body becomes temporarily paralyzed.
400

During sleep paralysis, your brain is awake but your body remains in this state.

What is REM paralysis?

400

After conditioning, the dog’s salivation to the sound of the bell was this type of response.

What is a conditioned response (CR)?

400

Delta waves dominate this deepest stage of non-REM sleep.

What is Stage 3 (N3) sleep?

500

Skills like riding a bike or typing are stored in this kind of long-term memory.

What is procedural memory?

500

These large, sharp waves in Stage 2 sleep help keep the sleeper asleep despite external noises.

What are K-complexes?

500

Sleep apnea is often treated with a device called this, which keeps airways open.

What is a CPAP Machine?

500

This psychologist is known for studying operant conditioning using a box and trained rats or pigeons.

BF Skinner?

500

Using systematic desensitization to treat phobias is based on this kind of conditioning.

What is classical conditioning?