Study List 1

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

Impairment of language in the left hemisphere usually caused by damage to broca or wernickes area

Question 2

Association Areas

Answer 2

Areas of cerebral cortex that are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking

Question 3

Glial cells

Answer 3

Cells in nervous system that protect and nourish and support neurons

Question 4

Reticular formation

Answer 4

Nerve network in brain stem that plays an important role in controlling arousal

Question 5

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 5

Part of PNS that controls muscles and glands of internal organs

Question 6

Somatic nervous system

Answer 6

Division of PNS that controls the body’s skeletal muscles

Question 7

Working memory

Answer 7

Where we actively associate new and old information to solve problems

Question 8

Next in line effect

Answer 8

If people go around a circle saying names the one before them is the one they have the most trouble remembering

Question 9

Long term potential

Answer 9

An increase synapse firing potential after a brief rapid stimulation. This is basis of learning and memory.

Question 10

Implicit/procedural memory

Answer 10

How to do something

Question 11

Explicit/declarative memory

Answer 11

Memory of facts and answers

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

Holds implicit memories and active during classical conditioning

Question 13

Proactive interference

Answer 13

Old affecting new

Question 14

Retroactive interference

Answer 14

New affecting old

Question 15

Lotus

Answer 15

Car crash experiment

Question 16

Concepts

Answer 16

Mental grouping of similar objects or people

Question 17

Prototype

Answer 17

Mental image or best example of a category

Question 18

Algorithm

Answer 18

Logical rule that guarantees solving a particular problem

Question 19

Heuristic

Answer 19

Simple thinking strategy that allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently

Question 20

Fixation

Answer 20

Inability to see problem from a new perspective

Question 21

Mental set

Answer 21

Tendency to solve problems in ways that have proved successful in the past

Question 22

Functional fixedness

Answer 22

Tendency to think of things only in their usual function

Question 23

Phoneme

Answer 23

Smallest distinctive sound

Question 24

Morpheme

Answer 24

Smallest unit that caries meaning

Question 25

Linguistic determinism

Answer 25

Whorfs hypothesis that language determines how we speak

Question 26

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 26

Usually in left temporal lobe and involved in language comprehension and expression