Test 1 Flashcards
1
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Psychology
A
The scientific study of behavior
2
Q
Learning
A
Relatively permanent change in potential behavior that comes from reinforcement
3
Q
Reinforcement
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Increases the probability of behavior
4
Q
Sensitization
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Makes you more responsive
5
Q
Habituation
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Makes you less responsive
6
Q
Dualism vs monism
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Separate vs one body and mind
7
Q
Nativism vs empiricism
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Innate vs learned behavior
8
Q
Mechanism vs vitalism
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Robot vs human
9
Q
Hippocampus
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Explicit memory formation (H.M)
10
Q
Prefrontal cortex
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Working memory, attention, and decision-making (Phineas Gage)
11
Q
Basal Ganglia
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Procedural memory (Parkinson’s Disease)
12
Q
Cerebellum
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Motor learning
13
Q
Amygdala
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Emotional learning
14
Q
Dopamine system
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Reinforcement and motivation
15
Q
Acetycholine
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Attention and memory
16
Q
Glutamate
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Synaptic plasticity
17
Q
John Watson
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Behaviorism (Little Albert)
