stimulus
what is a Conditioned response
learned response to a stimulus
What is antergrade amnesia
Cant remember long term memories
what is memory decay
Forgetting over time
what are Night terror
abrupt awakenings with panic and intense distress
what are depressants
Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow boby function
what is a Unconditioned response
automatic response to a stimulus
what is retrograde amnesia
Cant remember things before trauma
what is chunking
breaking longer things into chunks so that they are easier to remember
what is narcolepsy
random sleep attacks
what are stimulants
Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up functions
what is a unconditioned stimulus
causes an automatic response
what is Freud's levels of consciousness
Conscious, preconciousness , and unconscious
what is selective attention
a focusing of consciousness awareness on a particular stimulus
what is the sleep cycle
a period of sleep lasting about 90 minutes including one or more stages of NREM sleep, followed by REM
what is meditation
the focusing the mind on spiritual ideas
what is a conditioned stimulus
a learned stimulus
what is memory retrieval
locating stored information in the brain
Memory maintenance rehearsal
Repeating something makes you remember
what is sleep apnea
disorder were someone stops breathing at random times while sleeping
what is Biofeedback
The process of learning to control bodily states
what is the PQ4R method
Preview,question,read,reflect,recite,review used for studying
what are schemas
mental representations that we form of the world by organising bits of info
what is Memory elaboration rehearsal
relate info to other info so you remember
what is Insomnia
Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep
what is hypnosis
a state of consciousness which the person is susceptible to suggestion