FINAL EXAM Flashcards
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Undersupply of serotonin causes:
Depression
type of reinforcers that increase the rate of operant responding
Negative reinforcers
Part of the neuron that receives chemical messages:
Dendrites
It’s the junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron:
Synapse
Process where excess neurotransmitters return to the sending neuron:
Reuptake
They are the chemical messengers:
neurotransmitters
getting a spank for running to the street is an example of what type of punishment:
Positive punishment
Part of the neuron that speeds up impulse transmission:
Myelin sheath
If you are taught to fear something (cars) , you might also fear related things (Trucks, motorcycles), this is known as:
Generalization
Too much dopamine causes:
Schizophrenia
The psychic secretions of pavlov’s dogs are an example of what type of response:
Unconditioned response
Minimum level stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse:
Threshold
Regulates sleep and mood:
Serotonin
taking a medicine to get rid of decease is an example of what type of reinforcement:
negative reinforcement
A child’s fear to a hypodermic needle is an example of what response?
Conditioned response
The electric impulse in neuron is known as:
Action potential
Too little _____ causes parkinson’s decease
Too little dopamine
You don’t receive a smile or thank you every time you hold the door for another person, but sometimes it’s acknowledged . Door holding is (n) what type of reinforcement
Intermitent reinforcement
In Pavlov’s dog experiment the UCS was:
the neutral stimulus was:
Then the CS was:
And the CR was:
Food
The bell
The bell
Salivate
Type of punishment that decreases the likelihood that the preceding behavior:
Negative punishment
Is any stimulus that increases the probability that preceding behavior will occur:
Reinforcer
Behavior that is reinforced every time is an example of:
Continuous reinforcement
Occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears:
extinction
A researcher is writing a book based on her interviews with michael jordan, this is an example of what type of research:
Case Study research
Mention positive symptoms of schizophrenia:
Auditory and visual allucinations
Mention Negative symptom of schizophrenia:
Lack of emotions
Organizing and interpreting physical energy is called:
Perception
A (n) is a nerve cell:
Neuron
Dane Had a tumor removed from his occipital lobe that resulted in loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss:
visual perception
They are smallest bones in the body :
The hammer, anvil , and stirrup
Part of our brain that rewards activities for survival (regulates body temperature, eating, drinking, sex):
hypothalamus
The sensory cortex , which is important for our sense of touch is located in the ___ lobe:
Parietal lobe
If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly the sensory neurons will fire impulses of same magnitude, this is due to:
All or nothing principle
Part of Brain that Is in charge of balance and coordination:
Cerebellum
Visible light is:
Electromagnetic energy
The variables that are controlled are known as:
Independent variables
the variable that is measured and is affected by the changes made to the independent variable:
Dependent variable
Phineas gage had an iron rod pierce his head. His personality changed but he did not die. The rod missed his:
medulla and cerebellum
Lack of dopamine causes:
Parkinson’s
They help you to see in black and white (Night):
Rods
They help you see in multiple colors:
cones
part of the limbic system, which regulates emotions, memories, smells, and autonomic behaviors:
Hippocampus
When the action potential reaches the axon terminals, the vesicles release:
Neurotransmitters
Amplitude measures:
Pitch and color
Wavelength measures
volume and hue
Daniel Kish believes that blind people will not learn to echolocate if:
They receive to much support
Why do we kiss with our lips and not with our feet:
Because our sensory cortex is more devoted to the lips
What kind of psychologist might research under what conditions someone stops to help a stranger?
Social psychologist
Part of the brain that is the central relay station for sensory and motor information traveling to and from the brain. It receives almost all sensory information, except for smell, and then sends it to the cerebral cortex for interpretation:
Thalamus
a type of brain cell that are activated when a person performs an action or observes another person performing the same action.
Mirror neurons
Albert Bandura is a psychologist most recognized for his theory which states that people can learn new behaviors by observing others and then imitating their actions, what’s the name of the theory
“observational learning”
They require to change the electromagnetic spectrum:
Vision and hearing
What we see and hear are:
small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
Ramachondron showed that phantom limb pain is possible due to:
Neuroplasticity
Carbon monoxide, arsenic, formaldehyde, cyanide are found in:
Cigarettes
Some people went hiking and died of a heat stroke, what part of their brain could not keep up?
The Hypothalamus
- Cornea: Light passes through the cornea.
- Pupil: controls how much light enters the eye. The iris, the colored part of the eye, controls the size of the pupil.
- Lens: works with the cornea to focus light onto the retina.
- Vitreous humor:fills the center of the eye and helps keep it round.
- Retina: contains special cells called rods and cones that convert light into electrical signals.
- Optic nerve: carries the electrical signals from the retina to the brain.
- Brain: decodes the signals and turns them into the images you see
Process of light entering the cornea
a neurological disorder that makes it difficult or impossible to recognize faces:
prosopagnosia
What kind of Memories become fixed and stable, information is filed and coded forever:
Long term memories
