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Exam 2 Psych Flashcards

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What is the SCN/Pineal Gland?

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What is circadian rhythm?

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What does melatonin do?

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What is a chronotype?

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What/Who is Hans Berger?

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EEG-?
EOG-?
EMG-?

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NREM: Stages 1-3/what are the hallmark features of each stage?

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What are spindles?

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What is hypnagogia?

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REM Paralysis-?
REM Atonia-?

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Neural Activity during REM?

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What is REM rebound?

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What were the 3 theories explaining dreams?

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What are the 6 sleep disorders?

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Define Learning, Associative Learning

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What is the classical conditioning paradigm?

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Define: Extinction, Acquisition, Spontaneous Recovery

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What is the Law of Effect?

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What are the 4 Schedules of Reinforcement?

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VR=?

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When is punishment effective?

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Positive Punishment vs Negative Punishment

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Positive Reinforcers vs Negative reinforcers

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What criteria determine the effectiveness of punishment?

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Learned Helplessness, Seligman

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Reinforcers vs Punishers

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Examples of applications of classical conditioning

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Memory=

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encoding +storage + retrieval

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Information Processing Model

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Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

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What are the 3 different Memory Systems?

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Sensory Register, Working (STM), LTM

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What is the difference between episodic memories, semantic memories, and
procedural memories?

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What was significant about the “Jennifer Anniston” neuron?

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What was considered a new discovery? And how is it different?

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two copies of a memory are made, one by the hippocampus & one by the cortex.

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Implicit vs Explicit

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What is Priming?

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What is the Von Restorff Effect?

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What is Reconsolidation?

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What is the Self-reference effect?

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Atkinson-Shiffrin model

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What is the STM capacity?

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Miller=7+2 Modern: 4+ 1

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What are the 3 Types of encoding?

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semantic, visual, acoustic

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According to Loftus, it is possible to “plant” memories into one’s psyche.
She based this finding largely on the __________________ experiment.

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According to Loftus, our memories are greatly flawed. When we retrieve
our memories, we ___________ our memories, thus resulting in many of the
details being altered.

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Lotus is associated with what effect?

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The Misinformation Effect

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The serial position effect explains how we remember_____________________.

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Maintenance rehearsal vs elaborative rehearsal

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What are the 2 methods of testing LTM?

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recall and recognition

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H.M. suffered from _________ amnesia as a result of having his ___________ removed.

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anterograde and hippocampus

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Define engram, consolidation

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Damaged Hippocampus=

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inability to learn new information

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Damaged prefrontal cortex=

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impaired STM, does not affect LTM but does disrupt an organism’s ability to bring this stored info to STM.

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Is sleep important for memory? How do we know?

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