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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2013

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Circadian rhythms
Definition
A daily cycle of activity observed in may living organisms
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Biological Rhythms
Definition
biological cyclic phenomina
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus
Definition
Tiny Region on the brains midline, situated directly above the optic chiasm
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Controlled vs automatic processing
Definition

Controlled processing=a mental operation that is conscious

Automatic Processing=when you do something so many times, you don't think about it

*like muscle memory

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The stages of Sleep
Definition

1   Transition from awake to sleep

2    Body temp decreases and temp drops

3     transition to deep sleep

4    deep sleep, 30 minutes

5    (REM)dreaming

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Stimulus generalization/discrimination
Definition

generalization=dog, all bells cause the same reaction

discrimination=dog, only 1 bell causes reaction

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three processes of memory
Definition
Encoding, storage, retrieval
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semantic memory
Definition
your memory for meanings and general facts
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procedural memory
Definition
How to do things(under consciousness, tieing shoes)
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Episodic Memory
Definition
memory for episodes in your life-specific events
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flashbulb memory
Definition
remembering everything from a specific moment.* very specific, 9/11
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shaping
Definition

rat, teaching to get lever,

 

Shape behavior over time.

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Premack's Principle
Definition

Behavior that has more reliable results will be taken over behavior that does not.

 

Reward children with tv for dishes.

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