Exam 1

Question 1

average digit span within memory

Answer 1

7

Question 2

what is the law of effect

Answer 2

behaviors with positive effects are repeated. behaviors that weren’t useful disappeared

Question 3

who proposed the law of effect

Answer 3

Thorndike

Question 4

definition of learning

Answer 4

changes in behavior from experience

Question 5

definition of memory

Answer 5

past experiences from learning

Question 6

definition of theories

Answer 6

set of statements to explain a collection of facts

Question 7

definition of dendrite

Answer 7

collect information

Question 8

definition of soma

Answer 8

cell body

Question 9

definition of axon

Answer 9

integrate and output information

Question 10

definition of synapse

Answer 10

chemical communication between axon and dendrite

Question 11

definition of receptors

Answer 11

detect transmitters

Question 12

definition of glia

Answer 12

support and structure

Question 13

what is dualism

Answer 13

immaterial soul + mechanical body

Question 14

who came up with dualism

Answer 14

descartes

Question 15

what are neurotransmitters

Answer 15

chemicals that speak to each other

Question 16

function of the hippocampus

Answer 16

learn new facts

Question 17

function of the brainstem

Answer 17

basic physiologic functions

Question 18

function of the thalamus

Answer 18

sensory information

Question 19

function of the cerebellum

Answer 19

motor control and coordination

Question 20

function of the cerebellum

Answer 20

motor control and coordination

Question 21

function of the amygdala

Answer 21

emotional memories

Question 22

Aristotle’s principles of association

Answer 22

contiguity
frequency
similarity

Question 23

definition of contiguity

Answer 23

experience near each other in time are joined together

Question 24

definition of frequency

Answer 24

experience often repeated are connected more strongly

Question 25

definition of similarity

Answer 25

experiences similar to one another are connected

Question 26

Ebbinhaus’ study

Answer 26

studied memory

empirical, experimental, quantitative

Question 27

Darwin’s theory

Answer 27

similarities between species of animals

natural selection

Question 28

frontal lobe

Answer 28

planning and performing complex actions

Question 29

parietal lobe

Answer 29

thought, feeling, sense of space

Question 30

occipital lobe

Answer 30

vision

Question 31

temporal lobe

Answer 31

hearing and remembering

Question 32

Gottfried Leibniz

Answer 32

combination of nature and nurture

Question 33

name of the period after a neuron is fired

Answer 33

refractory period

Question 34

nativist philosophers

Answer 34

Plato
Descartes
Leibniz
Darwin

Question 35

empiricist philosophers

Answer 35

Aristotle
Locke
James
Pavlov
Thorndike

Question 36

10 tips for a better memory

Answer 36

pay attention, use imagery, use multiple senses, sleep well, relax. create associations, practice, reduce overload, try a rhyme, re-create the learning event

Question 37

role of sleep in learning and memory

Answer 37

allows the brain to encode information order to organize and store memories

Question 38

CNS

Answer 38

brain and spinal cord

Question 39

PNS

Answer 39

nerves

Question 40

idea of a blank slate

Answer 40

we are born completely equal and without innate knowledge and that all our habits and skills are due to experience

Question 41

who came up with the blank slate

Answer 41

Locke

Question 42

John Locke

Answer 42

experiences

Question 43

John Watson

Answer 43

behavior