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1
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awarebessof both external and int stimuli such as feelings of hunger and pain

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consciousness

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high levels of sensory awareness, thought, behavior

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wakefulness

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low levels of physical activity and reduced sensory awareness

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sleep

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int cycle of biological activity increases

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biological rythems

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fluctuation of body temp, individual menstrual cycle, level of alertness are all what

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biological rythems

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biological rhythm

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biological rhythm occurs over approx 24 hours

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what is circadian rhythm generated by

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suprachaismatic nucleaus

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what controls homeostasis

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hypothalamus

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what releases melatonin

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pineal gland

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sleep wake cycle regulated by what

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melatonin

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symptoms resulting from mismatch btw our int circadian rhythm and enviroment

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jet lag

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work schedule that changes from early to late on a weekly basis

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rotating shift work

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sleep deprived individual tend to take a shorter time to fall asleep

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sleep rebound

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result of insufficient sleep on chronic basis

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sleep debt

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sleep associated hormones

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melatonin, follicle stim, lutenizing, growth hormone

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two hypothesis of sleep

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sleep is essential to restore resources expended during the day, sleep is adaptive response to predators roaming at night

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focuses on sleeps importance for cognitive function and memory formation

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cognitive function theories

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relatively low freq, high amplitude, synchronized

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alpha

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barely dozed off, what brain wave

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alpha

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low freq, moderately low amplitude

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theta

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light sleep, what brainwave

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theta

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low freq, high amplitude, desynchronized

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delta

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deep sleep, what brainwave

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delta

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transit phase occurring between wakefulness and sleep, rate of respiration and HB slow down, what stage

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stage 1

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body goes into deep relaxation, characterized by appearance of sleep spindles and k complex

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stage 2

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tight waves have what

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high freq

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k complexes have what

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high amplitude

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slow wave; respiration and HR slow down further

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stage 3

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slow wave indicates what

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deep sleep

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30
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paralysis of voluntary muscles

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REM sleep

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brainwaves in REM sleep look similar to what

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those seen during wakefulness

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32
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more REM sleep on average

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REM rebound

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33
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saw dreams as a way of gaining access to uncoscious

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SIGmond Frued

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actual content of dream is called..

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mainfest content

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hidden meaning of the dream is called what

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latent content

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believed that certain symbols in dreams reflected universal archetypes regardless of culture or location

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carl jung

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believed dream allowed us to tap into collective unconsciousness

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Carl Jung

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dreams represent life events that are important to the dreamer who said this

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Cartwright and hobson

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dreaming may represent a state of a virtual reality , who thought this

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Cartwright and hobson,

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certain aspects of wakefulness are maintained during a dreaming state

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lucid dreams

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diffuculty falling or staying asleep, for at least 3 nights a week for 1 month

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insomnia

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treatments for insomnia

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stress management tech changes in problematic behavior, cognitive behavioral therapy

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43
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sleep walking and REM sleep behavior disorder

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parasomnias

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44
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during what wave does sleepwalking usually occur

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slow

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45
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occurs when muscle paralysis associated with REM doesn’t occur

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REM sleep behavior disorder

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46
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uncomfortable sensation in legs when falling asleep

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restless leg syndrome

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47
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sense of panic and may scream or attempt to escape

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night terrors

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48
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occurs when individuals stop breathing in their sleep usually for 10-20 seconds or longer

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sleep apnea

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2 types of sleep apnea

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obstructive and central

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50
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airway becomes blocked air can’t enter

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obstructive sleep apnea

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51
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CNS fails to initiate breaths

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central sleep apnea

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52
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occurs when infant stops breathing in sleep and dies

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sudden infant death syndrome

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53
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which infants are at highest risk for SIDs

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infants younger than 12 months

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54
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involves and irresistible urge to fall asleep during waking hours

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narcolepsy

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55
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loss of muscle tone

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cataplexy

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56
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vivid dream like hallucinations

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hypogenic hallucinations

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compulsive pattern of drug use despite negative consequences

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substance use disorder

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involves changes in normal bodily functions and withdrawal upon stopping use

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physiological dependance

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59
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emotional need for the drug

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psychological dependance

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60
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person requires more and more of subs to get same effect

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tolerance

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neg symptoms exp when drug use is discontinued

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withdrawl

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62
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drugs that suppress CNS,

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depressantsin

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include alcohol, barbituants, benzodiazepines

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depressants

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increase neural activity

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stimulants

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65
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include coke, amphetamine, MDMA

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stimulants

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66
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increases levels of alertness and arousal

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caffiene

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67
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common in tobacco prod like cig, chewing tobacco, ecigs

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nicotine

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interacts with acetylcholine receptors

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nicotine

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69
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serve as analgesics thru their effects on the endogenous opiod neurotransmitter system

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opiods

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70
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opiates occur…

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naturally

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71
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opioids are…

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synthetic

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72
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causes changes in sensory or perceptual experinces

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hallucinogens

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73
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ext focus on the self that involves suggested changes of behavior and experince

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hypnosis

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74
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act of being fully aware of the present moment which can be achieved thru focusing on a single target

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mediation

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sensory info detecte dby sensory receptor

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sensation

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76
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conversion of sensory stem energy into action potentials

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transduction

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77
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min amount of a stim needed for us to notice it 50% of the time

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absolute threshold

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78
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min amount of charge in stim needed to detect a diff (noticeable difference)

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difference threshold

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79
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steps of stimulus to brain

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stimulus -> sensory -> neural impulses -> brain

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80
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basic sensory features analyzed and recombined

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bottom up procesing

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perception influenced by knowledge, experience, expectation and motivations

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top down processing

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a form or pattern

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gestalt

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whole can be more than the sum of its parts

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gestalt

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ability to discrimination among difference figures or shapes

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pattern perception

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what we see is a reflection of what we expect to see

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perceptual hypothesis

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way we consciously experience something

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perception

87
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not perceiving stimuli that have been relatively constant over a period of time

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sensory adaptation

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influences what stim we adapt to

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attention

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influence what we attend to

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motivation

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failure to notice something visible due to attend something else

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inattention blindness

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identifying specific stim even in distracting background

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signal detection theory

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distance from center line to crest or trough

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amplitude

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distance from 1 peak to the next

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wavelength

94
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of waves that go by in a given period of time

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frequency

95
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associated with color

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wavelength

96
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associated with intensity

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amplitide

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higher amplitude means

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higher intensity

98
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associated with loudness

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decibals

99
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associated with sound wave freqinecy

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pitch

100
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a sounds purity

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timbre

101
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curved transparent protective layer where light first enters eye

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cornea

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colored ring of muscle

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iris

103
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opening in middle of the iris

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pupil

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size of pupil depends on what

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amount of light in environment and or arousla state

105
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bends the light rays so they can be properly focuses on retina

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lens

106
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light is converted to electrical impulses for transmission tp brain

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retina

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photochemical rxn, occurs when light hits photoreceptors in retina

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photoactivation

108
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a small indentation in back of retina packed with photoreceptors

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fovea

109
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dim light, not great color sensors

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rods

110
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used in bright light, color reception fine detail, found near fovea

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cones

111
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where does optic nerve meet at

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optic chaism

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left visual field corresponds to what part of brain

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right side of brain

113
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optic nerve goes to …

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primary visual cortex (occipital lobe)

114
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object recognition, identification, what pathway

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what pathway

115
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location of object in space, how it can be interacted with, what pathway

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where/how

116
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s cones correspond to what color in trichromy theory

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blue

117
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m cones correspond to what color

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green

118
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l cones correspond to what color

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red

119
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opponent process theory of color

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after images are opposite

120
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cues to establish our sense of depth w/ two eyes

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binocular cues

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different retinal images received by each eye

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bin disparity

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cues to establish sense of depth with one eye

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monocular cues

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percieving depth due to convergence of the parallel lines

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linear perspective

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pima

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outer ear

125
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tympanic membrane

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eardrum

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ossicles

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middle ear

127
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middle ear includes whatq

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malleus, incus, stirrup

128
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inner ear includes what

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cochlea, semicircular canals, basilar membrane

129
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snail part

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coclea

130
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small hairs attach here

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basilar membrane

131
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we detect pitch via the frequency that the neuron fires

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temporal theory

132
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different portions of the basilar membrane fire depending on sound waves frequency

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place theory

133
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base of basilar membrane is for what

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high frequency

134
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tip of basilar membrane is for

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low frequency

135
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each pinna interacts wit sound waves different to pinpoint source of sound

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monaural cues

136
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sounds closer to one ear are perceived more loudly than opposite ear

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intramural level difference

137
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sound closer to one ear perceived more quickly that opposite ear

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intramural timing differnce

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partial or complete inability to hear

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deafness

139
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inability to deliver sound to cochlea

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conductive hearing loss

140
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born without hearing

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congenital hearing

141
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failure to transmit neural signal form cochlea to the brain

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sensorineural hearing loss

142
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6 basic groups of taste

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sweet salty sour bitter umami fatty

143
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life cycle of taste cells

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10-14 days

144
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taste chemical info transacted to what

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gustatory complex

145
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odor molecules interact with chemical receptor

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olfactory receptor cells

146
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tip of frontal love where olfactory nerves begin

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olfactory bulb

147
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chemical messages sent by some species

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pheromones

148
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pressure and low freq vibrations

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meissners corpuscle

149
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transient pressure and high freq vibration

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pacinian corpuscle

150
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light pressure

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merkles disk

151
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detect stretch

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Ruffini corpuscle

152
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signals potential harm and or pain

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nociiception

153
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signals tissue damage

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inflammatory pain

154
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neuropathic pain

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pain from damage to neurons in PNS or CNS

155
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more genetic disorder where one cannot feel pain

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congenital alagesia

156
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ability to maintain balance and body posture

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vestibular sense

157
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perception of body position

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proprioception

158
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perception of body moving thru space

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kinesthesia

159
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motor or neural rxns to specify stimulus in environment

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reflexes

160
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innate behaviors that are triggered by a broad range of events

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instincts

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more complex than reflexes

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instincts

162
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relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience

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learning

163
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type of learning in which a neutral stim comes to elicit a respond after being paired with stimulius that naturally brings about that response

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classical conditioning

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stim that naturally brings about a response without being learned

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unconditioned stimular

165
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response to UCS that is natural

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unconditioned response

166
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once neutral stim that has been paired w an UCS to bring about response caused only by UCS

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conditioned stim

167
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response to CS that after condition follows prev neutral stim

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conditioned response

168
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establish conditioned stim paired w new neutral stim so that eventually new stim elicits conditioned response w/o initial conditioned stim being presented

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higher order conditioning

169
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flavors associated with certain foods/drinks can be associated with unpleasant symptoms

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taste oversion conditoning

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cues assoc with emotional trauma

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fear condition and phoias

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initial pd of learning when an organism learns to connect neutral stim and UCS

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acquisiiton

172
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decrease in conditioned response when ECS is no longer presented w CS

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extinction

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return of prev existing conditioned response following rest pd

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spontaneous recovery

174
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when organism learns to respond differently to various stim that are similar

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stim discrimination

175
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organism demonstrates conditioned response to stim that are similar to the conditioned stimulus

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stimulus generalization

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classical conditioning can lead to..

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habituation

177
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used principles of classical condition in study of human emotion

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John b watson

178
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who did little albert study

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John b watson

179
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learning to associate btw behavior and resulting events

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operant conditioning

180
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what provides cues for whether or not behavior will result in particular outcomes in operant conditioning

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aspects of enviroment

181
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behaviors followed by pleasant or rewarding consequences are more likely to be repeated

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thorndikes law of effect

182
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successive rewarding of approximation of desired behavior

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shaping

183
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innate reinforcing quality

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primary reinforcer

184
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water food shelter touch are all what

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primary reinforcers

185
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no inherent value, only desired when linked with a primary reinfocer

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secondary reinforcers

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examples of secondary reinforcers

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praise, money, token

187
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delivered at a predictive time interval

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fixed interval

188
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delivered at unpredictable time intervals

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variable interval

189
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delivered after a predictable number of responses

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fixed ratio

190
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farm worker paid for each potato

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fixed ratio

191
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delivered after an unpredicted number of responese

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variable ratio

192
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example of variable ratio

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gambling

193
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rats who freely explored were able to find their way thru the maze as quick as other group , what experiment and who

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Tolman’s experiment

194
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mental picture of an area

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cognitive map

195
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learning that occurs but isn’t observable in behavior until there is a reason to demonstrate it

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latent learning

196
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learning by watching the behavior of another person

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obervational learning

197
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who discovered observational learning

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Albert bandera

198
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four elements of learning needed

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attention, retention, reproduction, motivation

199
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when a model is reinforced for their behavior

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vicarious reinforcemnet

200
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when a model is punished for their behavior

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vicarious punishment

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process of observational learning

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see a new response form a model, choose whether or not to imitate model, generalize the rule

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