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Memory, Cognition, Learning Association,Sleep,
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/08/2012

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Term

A.What is experiement Pavlov most known for?

 

B.Also what is this type of condition?

Definition

A.Making dogs Salivate by associating a bell sound with meals

 

 

B.Classical conditioning

Term

A condition stimuls with an uncondiotioned stimulus results in a(an)?

 

 

Ex. the dog hears the footsteps of the human plus the meat powder = ?

Definition

Unconditioned response

 

 

Ex. Salivating dog

Term
Garcia Effective
Definition

Only having a stimulus presented one time but having a reaction

 

Ex. I go to hit you and, you flinch 

Term
Operant conditioning
Definition
Conditioning based on reinforcment 
Term
Social learning
Definition
Learning by watching other people
Term
A response plus (+) reaction = ?
Definition
Positive reinforcement 
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Response plus (-) reaction = ?
Definition
Punishment 
Term
(-) response plus (+) reaction =
Definition
negative reinforcement 
Term
What's your Name?
Definition
Stephanie Nicole Bond
Term
How are going to do on this exam?
Definition
Ace this mutha fucka! BEEEEEOOOOOOTTTCCCH!!!
Term
Insight (learning)
Definition
Learning through cognitive process
Term
If you can't turn short term memory into long term memory, what are you missing? (in your brain)
Definition
Hippocampus
Term
Synesthsia 
Definition
smelling,tasting words and memories (often results in advanced memory)
Term
Eposodic and somantic memory takes place in the ?
Definition
Frontal and temporal lobes
Term
Motor memory takes place where?
Definition
Cerebellum
Term
Amnesia is permanent, the patient has?
Definition
Ateriograde Amnesia
Term
Can't remember the time before an impact(concusion)
Definition

Retrograde amnesia

 

 

best case of this is the patient can remember 30 seconds before impact

Term
[image]
Definition
Serial position effect 
Term

How reliable is cirsis situation memory?

 

 

General answer

Definition
Very unreliable 
Term
Confabulation
Definition
Making up memories
Term
Reconsruction(memories)
Definition
Filling in the loopholes of memories
Term
mnemonic devices?
Definition

Enancing techniques to remember things

 

*Vivid Imagery*

Term
Humans have what kind of sleep schedule?
Definition
Monophasic -only sleep once a day
Term
The cat you love so dearly sleeps 8 times a day, what kind of sleep schedule does the cat have?
Definition
Polyphasic
Term
What is the most important stimulus to make humans tired?
Definition
Darkness
Term
Characteristics of REM sleep (4)
Definition

1. Eyes move rapidly

2. Paralyzed

3.BrainActivity 

4. Dream about 95%

Term

No sun signals your optic nerves to your hypothalmus to your pineal gland resulting in What?

 

 

Somethings released making you sleepy

Definition
Melotonin
Term
What did cartwright believe dreams were used for ?
Definition
Conflict resolution
Term
Cricle believed dreams were for ?
Definition
Memory formation and memory purging 
Term
according to frueds theories of sleep, Whats does manifest and latent content mean?
Definition

Manifest content is the content of a dream as it is recalled by the dreamer in psychoanalysis.

 

Latent Content is the underlying meaning of a dream or thought that is exposed in psychoanalysis by interpretation of its symbols or by free association. Also, the word latent, on its own, means "hidden".

 

Term
While sleeping , what does the pons stimulate?
Definition
The occipital lobe, resulting in vison during dreams
Term
REM rebound
Definition
with a lack of sleep, when you go to sleep-your body goes into immediate REM sleep
Term
WAIS
Definition
Wexler Adult Intelligence Scale
Term
WISC
Definition
Wexler Intelligence Scale for Children
Term

Spearman had how many theories of intelligence?

 

 

What was the name of his intelligence(s)

Definition

One 

 

 

G

Term

MA/ CA x 100 = ##

 

what is this ? 

 

What does MA mean . what does CA mean

Definition

IQ test

 

Mental age,childs age

Term
Williams syndrome 
Definition
chromosome 7 disorder
Term
2/3 people's IQ's range from what to what?
Definition
90-110
Term
What are sterngberg's tri-archnics of intelligence
Definition

Analytical-book smart

Practical-Common sense

Creative

Term
Gardner's 7 intelligences 
Definition
verbal,MAth,music,spatial-knowing your suroundings,kenesthetic-body movements, interpersonal-understanding of other people, intrapersonal-self reflection
Term
Phonemes
Definition
speech sounds
Term
Morphemes 
Definition
meaningful units (words)
Term
Syntax 
Definition
rules of grammar
Term
semantics
Definition
meaning of sentences and words 
Term
Aprodosy
Definition
monotone only
Term
dysprosody
Definition
advancment in aprosody , americans often have german accent
Term
hyperprosody
Definition
overactive tone
Term
Consciousness
Definition
a person's awareness and responsiveness to mental processes.
Term
circadian rythm
Definition
a regular biological rythm
Term
Nightmares v. night terrors
Definition
Nightmares- scary dreams in REM, night terrors- usually no memory of them in NREM
Term
Insomnia 
Definition
sleep disorder-can't sleep
Term
sleep apnea
Definition
difficult breathing during sleep.  feelings of exhaustion during the day. 
Term
narcolepsy
Definition
uncontrolable sleeping.following moments of emotional excitement
Term
hypnosis
Definition
trancelike state in which a person responds readily to suggestions
Term
episodic memory
Definition
portion of LTM that stores personally experienced events
Term
semantic memories
Definition
portion of ltm memory that stores general facts and information
Term
procedural memories
Definition
portion of the Ltm that stores info relating to skills and habits and other perceptual motor tasks
Term
explicit memory
Definition
memory readily expressable in words 
Term
implicit memory 
Definition
memory not able to express 
Term
eidetic memory
Definition

photographic memory;being able to recite an entire page of a book they read once

 

Term
confirmation bias
Definition
the tendency to look for evidence in order to support or disagree with a belief
Term
validity 
Definition
ability of a test to measure what it has been dsigned to measure
Term
reliability
Definition
consistency of tests
Term
Hobson and McCarly's take on dreams
Definition
they have no purpose
Term
skinner is known for what kind of conditioning?
Definition
operant
Term
WASHOE
Definition
Chimp that without previous knowledge called a duck when asked, a water bird
Term
freud believed dreams are all about...
Definition
sex!!!!
Term
Who said eyewitness testimony is bad?
Definition
Loftus
Term
Tryon tried to do what?
Definition
breed a super intelligent group but instead got a emotional group
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