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Test Review Flashcards

1
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What is absolute threshold?

A

The minimum level of stimulus needed to detect a stimulus half the time

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2
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What type of vision is associated with rods and cones?

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Rods are black and white

Cones are color

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3
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What is the sensory memory?

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The immediate, brief recording of sensory information

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4
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What is color made of?

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Wavelengths

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5
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What what 3 colors do we perceive? What blocks out red?

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Blue, green and red

Red blocks out green

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6
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What did Locke believe as far as how we learned? Kant?

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Locke is nurture

Kant is nature

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7
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How does a cochlear implant work?

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It sends electric signals to the brain so that someone with nerve damage in their ears can hear again

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8
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What is sensation?

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The taking in of sensory information

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9
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What is perception?

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The processing of sensory information

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10
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What is observational learning?

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Learning from observing other people doing something

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What is classical conditioning? Who is the king?

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Learning to link 2 stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event.
Ivan Pavlov

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12
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What is reinforcement?

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Feedback from the environment that makes a behavior more likely to occur

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13
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What is the Flynn Effect

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Performance on intelligence tests has improved over the years world wide

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14
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What is opérant condition? Who was the king?

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Adjusting to the consequences of our behaviors. B.F. Skinner

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15
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Where are taste receptors located?

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The tongue, taste buds

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16
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What is a prototype?

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Mental images of the best example of a concept

17
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What is interference?

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Interference makes it difficult to store new memories and retrieve old

18
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What is deja vu?

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The feeling that your in a situation you’ve already been in

19
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What are false memories?

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Memories that were implanted by leading questions

20
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Is the memory very reliable?

A

No

21
Q

What is source amnesia?

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Forgetting where a story came from and attributing the source to your own experience

22
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What hormone is attributed with learning?

A

Seretonin

23
Q

What part of the brain is attributed to memory?

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The hippocampus

24
Q

What is linguistic determinism?

A

Specific language determines how we speak

25
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What is aphasia? What do the 2 types look like?

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Aphasia is an impairment on the ability to produce or understand language. Broca is difficulty putting words together and getting the words out
Wernicke is difficulty comprehending and producing coherent speech although the person understands it

26
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What is confirmation bias?

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Looking for information that supports your claim

27
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What is belief perseverance?

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Actively rejecting information that contradicts your ideas

28
Q

What is a morpheme?

A

Units of meaning

29
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What are phonemes?

A

Smallest units of sound

30
Q

What sense brings back pleasant memories?

A

Smell

31
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What is the mcgurk effect?

A

A sensory interaction

32
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When are you considered to have a mental disability?

A

IQ of 70 or below

PSY 1010 Metro (18 decks)

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