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Unit 3 Flashcards

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What does the CBS do

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Processing info and connects to the PNS

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What’s the function of the PNS

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Carry info around the body

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What term is used to describe parasympathetic and sympathetic

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Antagonistic

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What’s the function of the cerebral cortex

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Receives sensory info and coordinates voluntary movement and decision making

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What’s the function of the Limbic system

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LTM, emotion, behaviour and motivation

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Function of the cerebellum

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Balance and coordination

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Function of the medulla

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Involuntary movements like digestion and breathing

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What’s the function of the corpus callosum

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Bridge of tissue deep within the brain to help info be transferred between the two hemispheres

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What’s the function of the association area

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Controls intelligence at the front of the brain

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What’s the function of the sensory area

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Impulses from skin organs and muscles

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What’s the function of the Motor area

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Impulses to skeletal muscle

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What’s the definition of perception

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Process by which the brain analyses and makes sense out of incoming sensory info

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What’s segregation of objects

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Brain segregates the image into the figure and the background

E.g. A vase or 2 people

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What’s relative size

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The brain uses visual cues such as relative size to make sense out of visual images

Like the further away an object is the smaller it appears

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What’s super imposition

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When the image of one object blocks the image of another. The blocked object is perceived further away

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What’s relative height in field

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When a group of objects have their bases below a visible horizon. The Lower bases appear closer

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What’s binocular disparity

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Each eye sees an object from a different position so the brain fuses it together

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What’s perceptual constancy

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Our visual perception of our surroundings take into account sizes and shape of well known objects

Like a door closing we accept it’s not changed size

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What’s recognition

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Overall shape is more important than detail.

Like woman or old lady

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What happens to items in the sTM

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Decay or displaced

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How can you put STM into LTm

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Rehearsal, organisation and elaboration

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What’s the serial position effect

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Recalling the first and last

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What’s chunking

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Improve STM and helps to make things easier to remember

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What’s a contextual cue

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Signal or reminder e.g. A familiar smell

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What’s episodic memory and where’s it stored

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Recall of personal facts and experiences and it’s in various regions of the cortex

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What’s semantic memory and where’s it stored

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General knowledge and non personal facts and it’s in various regions of the cortex

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What’s procedural memory

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Motor and mental skills and it’s in the motor cortex

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Where’s emotional memory

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Positive or negative associations and it’s between the cortex and limbic system

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What’s spatial memory

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Recall of info and environment and it’s in the limbic system

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What’s encoding

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Info added to memory. Can be shallow or elaborative.

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What’s social facilitation

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Competing situations in which can enhance your performance

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What’s de individuation

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Behaviour is disowned by an individual and responsibility for it is by the group eg vandalism

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What’s internalisation

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Individuals are persuaded to adopt beliefs by an external influence like a political party

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What’s identification

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Individual purposely changes beliefs to be like admirer.

Can be influenced by advertising if they are drinking this drink for example

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What’s non verbal communication

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Tongue, eyes and hands etc

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What’s verbal communication

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Transmission of knowledge

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What’s learning

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Change in behaviour due to experience

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What’s generalisation

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After having an Unripe banana may reject a ripe green apple because they fear ifs also i ripe

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What’s discrimination

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May pet a dog they recognise but won’t with a dog they don’t who looks bad

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What’s trial and error learning

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Type of learning thag relies on reinforcement

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What’s shaping

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Use of reinforcement to produce desired behaviour

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What’s infant attachment

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Successful bonding process between infant and carer

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