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1
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Studies the steps involved in forming a visual image

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Cognitive Science Approach

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2
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First to cause an action potential

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Ganglion Cell Response

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3
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Temporal lob association are damaged

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Prosopagnosia

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Parts all working at same time, put together to make picture (color, movement, form, distance)

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Parallel Processing

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Top Down Processing

Mind adds something to sensations to determine what we see

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Gestalt Psychologists

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The process of detecting environmental stimuli or stimuli arising from the body

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Sensation

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The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

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Perception

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The translation of incoming sensory information into neural signals

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Transduction

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Changes electromagnetic energy into electrochemical energy (rods and cones)

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Transduction

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The tendency to pay less attention to a non changing source of stimulation

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Sensory Adaption

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Perception based on building simple input into more complex perceptions

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Bottom-Up Processing

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Color, Movement, Location

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Dorsal Stream

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Objects and People

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Ventral Stream

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A perceptual process in which memory and other cognitive processes are required for interpreting incoming sensory information

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Top-Down Processing

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The study of relationships between the physical qualities of stimuli and the subjective responses they produce

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Psychophysics

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Allows us to establish the limits of awareness (thresholds) for each of our sensory system

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Psychophysics

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17
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The smallest amount of stimulus that can be detected

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Absolute Threshold

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18
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The smallest detectable different between two stimuli

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Difference Threshold

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19
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The analysis of sensory and decision making processes in the detection of faint, uncertain stimuli

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Signal Detection

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20
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The sense that allows us to process reflected light

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Vision

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The clear surface at the front of the eye that begins the processes of directing light to the retina

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Cornea

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An opening formed by the iris

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Pupil

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23
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The brightly color circular muscle surrounding the pupil of the eye

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Iris

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Adjusts the opening of the pupil in response to the amount of light present in the environment and to signals from the ANS

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Iris

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The clear structure behind the pupil that bends light toward the retina
Adjust our focus to see near or distant objects

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Lens

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Layers of visual processing cells in the back of the eye

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Retina

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27
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Contains rods and cones that transduce light

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Retina

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An area of the retina that is specialized for highly detail vision (very fine detail of central vision)

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Fovea

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29
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A photoreceptor specialized to detect dim light

Sensitive to light

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Rods

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30
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Peripheral vision does a better job viewing dim light than central vision because of these

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Rods

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31
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A photoreceptor in the retina that processes color
Function best under bright light
Provides ability to see sharp images and color

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Cones

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32
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The nerve exiting the retina of the eye

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Optic Nerve

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33
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Nerve pathways traveling from the optic chasm to the thalamus, hypothalamus, and midbrain

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Optic Tracts

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34
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A theory of color vision based on the existence of different types of cones for the detection of short, medium and long wavelengths

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Trichromacy Theory

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Short Wavelengths

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Blue Cones

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Medium Wavelengths

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Green Cones

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Long Wavelengths

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Red Cones

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38
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A theory of color vision that suggests we have a red-green color channel and a blue-yellow color channel in which activation of one color in each pair inhibits the other

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Opponent Process Theory

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39
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A hypothetical cell that resounds to only one specific visual stimulus

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Feature Detector

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40
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The ability to use the two-dimensional image projected on the retina to perceive three dimensions

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Depth Perception

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41
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A depth cue that requires the use of only one eye

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Monocular Cue

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42
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A depth cue that requires the use of both eyes

Retinal disparity, fused to provide stereopsis

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Binocular Cue

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43
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The difference between the images projected onto each eye (each eye receives a slightly different view)

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Retinal Disparity

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44
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Knowing or being aware of ongoing experiences occurring both internally and in the world around us

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Consciousness

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45
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Involves consciousness

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Explicit

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46
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Doesn’t involve direct conscious awareness

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Implicit

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47
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Ever changing
Selective
Directs our activities
Conscious when reticular formation is active

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Consciousness

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48
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Night Terrors

Sleep Walking

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Slow Wave Sleep Disorders

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49
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Narcolepsy
Cataplexy
REM w/o atonia

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REM Sleep Disorders

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50
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Part of consciousness

Interact w/ world while we’re aware of another

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Divided Attention

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51
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Loss of memory for traumatic events

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Psychogenic Amnesia

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52
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People disappear w/ no memory of previous life

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Fugue States

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53
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Multiple personalities

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Identity Disorders

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54
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The special understanding of the self as distinct from other stimuli (baby looking at self in mirror, etc)

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Self Awareness

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55
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Coined the term ‘Stream of Consciousness’ to capture the moving, seemingly unbroken flow of conscious awareness

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William James

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56
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________ & _______ have been described as ‘enabling’ consciousness, but they do not produce its content

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Thalamus and Reticular Formation

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57
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How to explain how the brain forms a unified whole out of large quantities of information

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Binding Problem

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58
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A normal state of consciousness characterized by alertness and awareness of external stimuli

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Sleep

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59
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A normal state of consciousness characterized by alertness and awareness of external stimuli

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Wakefulness

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60
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A daily biological rhythm

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Circadian Rhythm

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61
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An internal mechanism that provides an approximate schedule for a wide variety of physical processes
Controlled by hypothalamus

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Biological Clock

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62
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A mood disorder in which depression occurs regularly at the same time each year, usually during winter months

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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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63
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A waveform recorded by EEG that usually indicates alert wakefulness

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Beta Wave

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64
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A waveform recorded by EEG that usually indicates relaxed wakefulness

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Alpha Wave

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65
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The component of sleep characterized by waveforms resembling wakefulness as measured by EEG accompanied by rapid eye movements, muscular paralysis and ANS activation

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Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM)

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66
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The components of sleep characterized by theta and delta wave activity as recorded by EEG and deep physical relaxation

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Non-Rapid Eye Movement (N-REM)

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67
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A waveform recorded by EEG that is characterized of lighter stages of N-REM sleep

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Theta Wave

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68
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A waveform recorded by EEG that usually indicates very deep N-REM sleep

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Delta Wave

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69
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A mental state that usually occurs during sleep that features visual imagery

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Dreaming

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70
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What appears in dreams

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Manifest Content

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71
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What dreams mean

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Latent Content

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72
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During REM sleep, deep brain structures stimulate cortical areas

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Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

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73
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A conscious awareness of dreaming accompanied by the ability to control the content of the dream

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Lucid Dreaming

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74
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A sleep disorder occurring in N-REM sleep in which the sleeper wakes suddenly in great distress, but without experiencing the imagery of a nightmare

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Night Terrors

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75
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A sleep disorder characterized by an inability to either initiate or maintain normal sleep

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Insomnia

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76
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Lying in bed for a long period of time without being able to go to sleep (caused by stress and anxiety)

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Onset Insomnia

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77
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Sleep is frequently interrupted or early waking occurs (caused by stress, substance use, psychological disorders)

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Maintenance Insomnia

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78
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A sleep disorder characterized by the intrusion of REM phenomena into wakefulness
Instigated by strong emotions

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Narcolepsy

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79
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Occurs when the muscle paralysis normally associated with REM sleep occurs during wakefulness without any loss of consciousness

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Cataplexy

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80
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A sleep disorder in which the person stops breathing while sleep

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Sleep Apnea

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81
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Occurs when a healthy infant simply dies while asleep

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

82
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A disorder characterized by the involuntary movement (tingling feeling moving at regular intervals) of an extremity

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Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)

83
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An abnormal state of deep unconsciousness

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Coma

84
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An abnormal state following brain injury featuring wakefulness without consciousness

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PVS

85
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An altered state of consciousness reported by people who were close to death due to cardiac or other medical problems that features out of body experiences, light at the end of a tunnel perceptions and a state of calmness

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Near-Death Experiences

86
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An abnormal level of brain activation with a sudden onset

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Seizures

87
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Originate in a particular part of the brain that are often accompanied by a premonition that a seizure is about to occur

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Partial Seizures

88
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Characterized by the abnormal activation of circuits connecting the cortex and thalamus

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Generalized Seizures

89
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Any drug with the capability of altering a person’s state of consciousness

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Psychoactive Drug

90
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The need to administer greater quantities of a drug to achieve the same subjective effect

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Tolerance

91
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Physical responses to the removal of some habitually administered drugs

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Withdrawal

92
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A physical or psychological dependence on a substance or activity

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Addiction

93
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A drug that stimulates the experience of false perceptions

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Hallucinogens

94
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Any drug that increases the activity of the nervous system

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Stimulants

95
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Impact consciousness by increasing alertness and mobility while decreasing reaction time

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Stimulants

96
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A drug that reduces the overall activity of the nervous system

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Depressants

97
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An altered state of consciousness characterized by relaxation and increased suggestibility

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Hypnosis

98
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A voluntary alteration of consciousness characterized by positive emotion and absence of thought

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Meditation

99
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Releasing stimulus produces the same response each time
Pattern does not change much
Opportunity to learn

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Fixed Action Patterns

100
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All behavior in any behavior can be explained if you know:

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Genetic Make-Up
Past Reinforcement History
Current Circumstances

101
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Stimulus > Response > Outcome

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Skinnerian Ideas

102
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Inevitable, involuntary response to stimuli

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Reflexes

103
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Produce very fast, very reliable responses that serve to promote your welfare

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Reflexes

104
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An inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli (fixed action plan)

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Instincts

105
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Shares reflex’s reliability and lack of dependence on experience, but the resulting behaviors are more complex

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Instincts

106
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A relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior due to experience

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Learning

107
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Adaptive behavior; durable change in behavior that results from experience

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Learning

108
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Occurs when we form associations or connections among stimuli and/or behaviors

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Associative Learning

109
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Helps us predict the future based on past experiences

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Associative Learning

110
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A type of learning in which associations are formed between two stimuli that occur sequentially in time

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Classical Conditioning

111
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Learning to produce a reflex under new circumstances and conditions
Usually involuntary responses

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Classical Conditioning

112
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A type of learning in which associations are formed between behaviors and their outcomes

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Operant Conditioning

113
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Learning that involves changes in the magnitude of responses to one stimulus rather than the formation of connections between stimuli

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Nonassociative Learning

114
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Reduces our reactions to repeated experiences that have already been evaluated and found to be unchanging and harmless
Decreasing response to repeated stimulus

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Habituation

115
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Increases our reactions to a wide range of stimuli following exposure to one strong stimulus

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Sensitization

116
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Increased responsiveness to any stimulus after exposure to a negative stimulus

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Sensitization

117
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Occurs when an organism learns by watching the actions of another

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Observational Learning

118
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Provides the advantage of transmitting information across generations within families and cultures

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Observational Learning

119
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An environmental event whose significance is learned

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Conditioned Stimulus

120
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Innate, built-in meaning to the organism

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Unconditioned Stimulus

121
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Learned reactions

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Conditioned Responses

122
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Don’t need to be learned, they appear without prior experience with a stimulus

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Unconditioned Responses

123
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The development of a learned response

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Acquisition

124
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Requires contiguity (close proximity in time between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus)

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Acquisition

125
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Requires contingency or a correlation between the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus

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Acquisition

126
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The reduction of a learned response

Not the same thing as forgetting but actually is new learning that overrides old learning

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Extinction

127
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During extinction training, the reappearance of conditioned responses after periods of rest

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Spontaneous Recovery

128
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A feature of classical conditioning in which a conditioned stimulus actually predicts the nonoccurrence of an unconditioned stimulus

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Inhibition

129
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The tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to an original conditioned stimulus

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Generalization

130
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A learned ability to distinguish between stimuli

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Discrimination

131
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Allows us to make fine distinctions between the implications of stimuli

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Discrimination

132
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Learning in which stimuli associated with a conditioned stimulus also elicit conditioned responding

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Higher Order Conditioning

133
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Allows us to make even more distant predictions about the occurrence of significant events

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Higher Order Conditioning

134
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The slower learning that occurs when a conditioned stimulus is already familiar compared to when the conditioned stimulus is unfamiliar

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Latent Inhibition

135
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A type of counterconditioning in which people relax while being exposed to stimuli that elicit fear

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Systematic Desensitization

136
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The association between a behavior and its consequences

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Operant Conditioning

137
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Organisms operate on their environment and their behavior is often instrumental in producing an outcome

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Operant Conditioning

138
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Occurs when a behavior is associated with its consequences

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Operant Conditioning

139
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Involves voluntary behaviors

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Operant Conditioning

140
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Increases the frequency of its associated behavior by providing a desired outcome

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Positive Reinforcement

141
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A reinforce that gains value from being associated with other things that are valued (secondary reinforce)

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Conditioned

142
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A method for increasing behaviors that allow an organism to escape or avoid an unpleasant consequence

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Reinforcers

143
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Allows an organism to avoid, turn off or postpone an unpleasant consequence, or so-called escape and avoidance behaviors

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Negative Reinforcement

144
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A consequence that eliminates or reduces the frequency of an associated behavior

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Punishment

145
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Refers to applying an aversive consequence that reduces the frequency of or eliminates a behavior

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Positive Punishment

146
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Involves the removal of something desirable

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Negative Punishment

147
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Consequences have to matter to the person or animal receiving them

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Significance

148
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Immediate punishment is more effective than delayed punishment

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Immediacy

149
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Uniform application

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Consistency

150
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The reinforcement of the desired behavior on some occasions but not others

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Partial Reinforcement

151
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Reinforcement depends on the number of times a behavior occurs

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Ratio Schedule

152
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Reinforcement depends on the passage of a certain amount of time

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Interval Schedule

153
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Requires that a behavior occur a set number of times for each reinforcer

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Fixed Ratio Schedule

154
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Involves counting the number of times a behavior occurs

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Variable Ratio Schedule

155
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The time that must pass before reinforcement becomes available following a single response is set at a certain amount

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Fixed Interval Schedules

156
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First response after a fixed period of time passed will be reinforced

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Fixed Interval Schedules

157
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Characterized by an interval that is allowed to fluctuate around some average amount over the course of a session

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Variable Interval Schedule

158
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The more rapid extinction observed following continuous reinforcement than following partial reinforcement

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Partial Reinforcement Effect in Extinction

159
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A method for increasing the frequency of behaviors that never or rarely occur

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Shaping/Method of Successive Approximations

160
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Learning what occurs in the absence of reinforcement

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Latent Learning

161
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Tokens that can be exchanged for other reinforcers are used to increase the frequency of desirable behaviors

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Token Economy

162
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The copying of behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and spontaneously

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Imitation

163
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Used during imitation that help us predict the actions of others (understanding intentions)

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Mirror Neurons

164
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Transmitted by observational learning from one person to another and can take the form of ideas, symbols or practices

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Memes

165
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4 Necessary Cognitive Processes in Modeling Others’ Behavior

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Attention, Retention, Reproduction, Motivation

166
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Top-Down processing involves the brain imposing its own __________ on ___________

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Structure on incoming information

167
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Bottom-Up processing involves the brain’s use of ___________ to _____________

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Incoming signals to construct perceptions

168
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The smallest amount of stimulus that can be detected is known as the

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Absolute Threshold

169
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The clear surface at the front of the eye that begins the process of directing light to the retina is the

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Cornea

170
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Which structure of the eye is responsible for detecting light?

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Retina

171
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The primary colors of light are:

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Red, Green, & Blue

172
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After staring at a yellow, green and white striped journal, one would see a blue, red and black striped afterimage. What theory best explains this afterimage?

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Opponent Process Theory

173
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A hypothetical cell that responds to only one specific visual stimulus is referred to as a _________

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Feature Detector

174
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The difference between the images projected onto each eye is referred to as:

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Retinal Disparity

175
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The brain uses shape, color, and movement to form a unified representation of a scenario

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Binding Problem

176
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The frontal lobes provide working space for _________

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Sensory integration and decision-making

177
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Our psychological state during REM sleep consists of rapid/irregular ________, __________, ___________, & ___________

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Heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and paralysis of postural muscles

178
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What area of the brain plays a large role in brain addiction?

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Nucleus Accumbens

179
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Stimulants ________ alertness and mobility, but _________ reaction times.

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Increase, decrease

180
Q

Nicotine mimics the action of which neurotransmitter?

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Acetylcholine

181
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Learning is traditionally divided into three categories:

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Associative, Nonassociative and Observational

182
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The process of associating a behavior with its consequences is known as:

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Operant Conditioning

183
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The formation of associations between two stimuli, which occur sequentially in time is referred to as:

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Classical Conditioning

184
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What is an advantage of observational learning?

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It transmits information across generations

185
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What type of stimulus elicits a response without prior knowledge?

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Unconditioned

186
Q

The development of a learned response is called:

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Acquisition

187
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During extinction training, the reappearance of conditioned responses after periods of rest is called:

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Spontaneous Recovery

188
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The tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to an original conditioned stimulus is called:

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Generalization

189
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Counterconditioning in which people relax while being exposed to stimuli that elicit fear is referred to as:

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Systematic Desensitization

190
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Thorndike’s Law of Effect states that behavior is ________

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Engrained relative to the consequences of the behavior

191
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What is the most powerful method for managing behavior?

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Positive Reinforcement

192
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A schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement occurs after a fluctuating number of behaviors is called a:

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Variable Interval Schedule

193
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What is a token economy?

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Tokens are exchanged for valued reinforcers to increase the frequency of a desired behavior

194
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A consequence that follows an operant response that increase (or attempts to increase) the likelihood of that response occurring in the future.

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Reinforcement

195
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In an attempt to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future, an operant response is followed by the presentation of an appetitive stimulus.

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Positive Reinforcement

196
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In an attempt to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future, an operant response is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus.

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Negative Reinforcement

197
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An appetitive event whose presentation follows an operant response. Increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again under the same circumstances.

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Positive Reinforcer

198
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An aversive event whose removal follows an operant response. Increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again under the same circumstances.

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Negative Reinforcer

199
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A reinforcer that is biologically pre-established to act as reinforcement.

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Primary Reinforcer

200
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A previously neutral stimulus. If the neutral stimulus is paired with a primary reinforcer it acquires the same reinforcement properties associated with the primary reinforcer.

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Conditioned Reinforcer

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