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Psychology exa
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| define Narcolepsy | A sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and brief lapses into sleep throughout the day |
| what is melatonin? | A hormone manufactured by the pineal glad that produces sleepiness. |
| what is an EEG used for? | it is used for brain-wave activity. |
| State of consciousness for beta and alph waves? | beta: awake Alpha: relaxed |
| Different types of Drugs for depressants: | Alcohol Barbiturates Inhalants Tranquilizers |
| Types of Stimulants | Caffine Nicotine Amphetamines Cocaine |
| what is the Law of Effect? | Rewarded behavior is likely to recur. |
| Define Positive Reinforcement | A situation in which a response is followed by the adddition of a reinforcing stimulus |
| Define Negative Reinforcement | A ituation in which a response results in the removal of, avoidance of, or escape from a punishing stimulus |
| Define Primary Reinforcer | A stimulus or event that is naturally or inherently reinforcing for a given species such as food, water, or other biological necessities. |
| Define Punishment | The presentation of a stimulus or event following a behavior that acts to decrease the likelihood of the behavior's being repeated |
| Define shaping | the operant coditioning procedure of selectively reinforcing successively closer approximations of a goal behavior until the goal behavior is displayed |
| Define observational learning | learning that occurs through observing the actions of others. |
| Define sensory memory | the stage of memory that registers information from the enviorment and holds it for a very brief period of time |
| Define short-term memory | the active stage of memory in which information is stored for up to about 20 seconds |
| Define long-term memory | the stage of memory that represents the long-term storage of information |
| Define encode failure | the inability to recall specific information because of insufficient encoding of the information for storage in long-term memory. |
| Define decay theory | the view that forgetting is due to normal metabolic processes that occur in the brain over time. |
| Define interference theory | the theory that forgetting is caused by one memory competing with or replacing another |
| List stages of sleep: | stage 1- NREM:mixture of alpha and theta brain waves stage 2- NREM:sleep spindles k complexes, theta brain waves and beginning of delta stage 3-NREM:mixture of theta and delta brain waves stage 4- NREM:delta brain waves REM: fast, active brain waves. |
| List drugs classified as Opiates | heroin, opium, morphine, and codeine |
| List scheldue of reinforment | Fixed ration Variable- Ration fixed-interval variable-interval |
| List people associated with learning | Edward Thorndike B.F. SKINNER John B. Watson Alber Bandura |
| List four brain structures involved in memory | Prefrontal cortex Amygdala Cerebellum Hippocampus |
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