Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Cognitive Psych Exam 1 > Exam 1 Cards > Flashcards

Exam 1 Cards Flashcards

1
Q

Cognitive Psychology

A

the study of mental processes that result in the transformation of sensory information into behavior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

sensation, perception, and memory are apart of what typical process?

A

automatic (lower order)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

mental imagery, reasoning and decision making, and language are apart of what typical processing?

A

controlled (higher order)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

remember environment reflects behavior *

A

remember *

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what processes occur without awareness or effort?

A

automatic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

what processes occur with conscious effort/awareness to execute?

A

controlled

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Controlled processes occur in?

A

serial

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Automatic processes occur in?

A

parallel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

-pioneered study of “Reaction Time”

A

Franciscus Donders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

interval between the presentation of a stimulus and a reaction to it

A

Reaction Time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

cognition takes time

A

remember *

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

central and peripheral nervous system

A

an information processor designed to
-turn external environmental stimuli into internal information
-convert internal information back into environmental energy through behavior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Energy is information

A

remember *

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

neuron

A

basic building block of the nervous system
-information (energy) processor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What consists of the nervous system?

A

sensory neuron, interneurons, motor neurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

transduces environmental energy into information

A

sensory neuron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

(central) moves information from one place to another

A

interneurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

(peripheral) transduces information into environmental energy

A

motor neurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Parts of an interneuron

A

dendrites, cell body, axon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

branches that receive information from other neurons

A

dendrites

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

-metabolic functions
-information integration

A

cell body (nucleus)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

networks of connected neurons allow for complex information processing

A

communication between neurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

This happens within neurons…

A

dendrite to cell body to axon (information is electrical)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

This happens between neurons…

A

axon to dendrite at the axon synapse (information is chemical)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
1. neuron receives chemical information from the environment 2. DENDRITES send electrical information to the CELL BODY 3. CELL BODY generates an electrical pulse (ACTION POTENTIAL) to pass on information 4. AP is converted into a NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE TERMINAL BUTTON 5. NEUROTRANSMITTERS are released into the SYNAPTIC CLEFT
Communication with a neuron
26
pulse like wave of voltage down the membrane of the axon
action potential
27
rate of firing reflects the intensity of information ...
slow=low intensity fast=high intensity
28
1. Neurotransmitters travel across SYNAPTIC CLEFT to receptors on the DENDRITES of another neuron 2. Rate of firing influences amount of neurotransmitter release
remember *
29
Neurotransmitters can be...
excitatory or inhibitory
30
encourages other neurons to fire
excitatory
31
discourages other neurons to fire
inhibitory
32
a series of connected neurons whose activation defines a recognizable linear pathway (don't physically touch)
neural network
33
what are simple "decisions"?
single excitatory input
34
what are complex "decisions"?
multiple excitatory and inhibitory
35
multiple neurons synapse on each interneuron (input from single neuron may not reach the threshold of the next neuron
convergence
36
Hubel and Wiesel discovered?
simple, complex, and end-stopped cells
37
fire for a bar with a particular orientation
simple cells
38
fire for a bar with a particular orientation that is moving in a particular direction
complex cells
39
orientation, direction, and light
end-stopped cells
40
correlating brain damage to loss of function
lesion studies
41
activity of a single neuron over time
single cell recording
42
activity of multiple neurons over time using a network of electrodes
EEG
43
activity of region of neurons over time by scanning for changes
fMRI
44
Divisions of the brain
forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
45
-cortex -higher order cognition
forebrain
46
-sensory, memory, and automatic functions
midbrain
47
-motor and autonomic functions -cerebellum (attention)
hindbrain
48
-outer layer of the brain -2/3 of surface buried in Sulci
cerebral cortex
49
Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
FPOT
50
highest order functioning (language, decision making, thoughts)
frontal
51
touch, attention, sensory integration
parietal
52
visual processing (all visual input goes here first)
occipital
53
hearing, object perception
temporal
54
autonomic functions
hypothalamus
55
sensory relay
thalamus
56
memory consolidation
hippocampus
57
emotions/emotional processing
amygdala
58
motor control, associative learning
basal ganglia
59
cerebellum (little brain) -fine motor control
hindbrain structures
60
loss of ability to produce and/or comprehend language without the deficits in sensory or intellect
aphasia
61
-observed that rats raised by his children performed better than lab rats. -the greater environment the rats were in, the greater the rats were
Hebb's Enriched Environment
62
pioneered the study of memory via the "Savings Method"
Herman Ebbinghaus
63
pioneered the "Periodic Table of the Mind"
Wilhelm Wundt
64
Pioneered behaviorism
John Watson
65
pioneered radical behaviorism
B.F. Skinner

Cognitive Psych Exam 1 (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions