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Consciousness
Conditioning
Sleep and Altered States
Memory
Miscellaneous
100
Attention that is split and simultaneously focused on different stimuli.
What is divided attention?
100
This is at the heart of just about every domain of psychology.
What is learning?
100
Our internally generated behavioral and physiological changes that occur on a daily basis
What is our Circadian rhythms?
100

A memory system that has an large capacity for information storage.

What is long-term memory?

100

15

What percent of people are very susceptible to hypnotism?

200
The amount of time most young people spend daydreaming during waking hours.
What is 1/3?
200

The procedure where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus after it is paired with an existing conditioned stimulus.

What is higher-order conditioning?

200
An area of the of the hypothalamus that is crucial in the sleep/wake cycle.
What is suprachiasmatic nucleus?
200
The memory curve has two effects. Name the effect that shows increased memory for items near the beginning of a list.
What is the primacy effect?
200
Produces schizophrenic-like symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, etc...after prolonged use of cocaine and amphetamines
What is stimulant-induced psychosis?
300
The person who described the continuing and changing consciousness as a 'stream of consciousness'.
Who is William James?
300
In classical conditioning, what is the reflex behavior called?
What is the unconditioned response?
300
The average amount of time it takes a person to cycle through all of the sleep stages.
What is 90 - 100 minutes?
300
This is the stage where memory begins.
What is the sensory memory stage?
300
A method to learn by associations.
What is mnemonics?
400
People who engage in excessive daydreaming and become less attentive to their surroundings.
What is a fantasy-prone personality?
400
This behavior is largely voluntary, goal directed and controlled by consequences.
What is operant behavior?
400

This theory states that a dream is the brain's attempt to make sense of the electrical signals that continue to occur while sleeping.

What is the Activation-synthesis theory?

400
The amount of information a typical person can store in their short-term memory?
What is 7 items?
400

Cross-cultural research states that this plays a role in the kind of schemas that develop and what we remember.

What is cultural-utility?

500
The heightened state of awareness of the present moment.
What is mindfulness?
500
This person was enthusiastic about using reinforcement to shape behavior, but was opposed to using punishment.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
500
Taking different depressants at the same time can amount to a dangerous overdose or death. This is what type of effect?
What is additive?
500
A stimulus that allows us to more easily recall information in long-term memory.
What is a retrieval cue?
500
What happens to information that is not rehearsed and eventually forgotten.
What is decay?