Test Review Flashcards
What is absolute threshold?
The minimum level of stimulus needed to detect a stimulus half the time
What type of vision is associated with rods and cones?
Rods are black and white
Cones are color
What is the sensory memory?
The immediate, brief recording of sensory information
What is color made of?
Wavelengths
What what 3 colors do we perceive? What blocks out red?
Blue, green and red
Red blocks out green
What did Locke believe as far as how we learned? Kant?
Locke is nurture
Kant is nature
How does a cochlear implant work?
It sends electric signals to the brain so that someone with nerve damage in their ears can hear again
What is sensation?
The taking in of sensory information
What is perception?
The processing of sensory information
What is observational learning?
Learning from observing other people doing something
What is classical conditioning? Who is the king?
Learning to link 2 stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event.
Ivan Pavlov
What is reinforcement?
Feedback from the environment that makes a behavior more likely to occur
What is the Flynn Effect
Performance on intelligence tests has improved over the years world wide
What is opérant condition? Who was the king?
Adjusting to the consequences of our behaviors. B.F. Skinner
Where are taste receptors located?
The tongue, taste buds
What is a prototype?
Mental images of the best example of a concept
What is interference?
Interference makes it difficult to store new memories and retrieve old
What is deja vu?
The feeling that your in a situation you’ve already been in
What are false memories?
Memories that were implanted by leading questions
Is the memory very reliable?
No
What is source amnesia?
Forgetting where a story came from and attributing the source to your own experience
What hormone is attributed with learning?
Seretonin
What part of the brain is attributed to memory?
The hippocampus
What is linguistic determinism?
Specific language determines how we speak
What is aphasia? What do the 2 types look like?
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
What is confirmation bias?
Looking for information that supports your claim
What is belief perseverance?
Actively rejecting information that contradicts your ideas
What is a morpheme?
Units of meaning
What are phonemes?
Smallest units of sound
What sense brings back pleasant memories?
Smell
What is the mcgurk effect?
A sensory interaction
When are you considered to have a mental disability?
IQ of 70 or below
