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23 Cards in this Set
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Awareness |
Prefrontal Cortex |
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Arousal |
Physiological state of being engaged with your environment (reticular activating system) |
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Theory of the Mind |
Individuals' understanding that they and others think, feel, perceive, and have private experiences |
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Controlled |
Ability to block out other stimuli while remaining focused on a particular task |
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Automatic |
Uses automatic processes to complete the same task as previously done at a high-level. Multi-tasking can be accomplished |
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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus |
Small brain structure using retinal input to synchronize its rhythm with daily light/dark cycle |
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Implications of sleep deprivation |
Attention span is shorter, problem solving skills are not as sharp, we are emotional, & result of memory loss |
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Unconscious wish fulfillment |
Dreams represent unconscious wishes he dreamer wants to fulfill. |
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Dreams-for-survival |
Posses relevant information for daily survival is reassessed and reprocessed |
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Activation-synthesis |
Dreams are the result of random activation of various memories and are tied together in a logical story line |
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Physical dependence |
The body becomes so accustomed to functioning with the drug it cannot function without it |
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Psychological dependence |
People believe they need the drug to respond to stressed of daily living |
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Learning |
A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience |
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Behaviorism |
Theory of learning that focuses solely on observable behaviors |
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Associative learning |
Learning that occurs when an organism makes a connection between two events |
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Operant conditionjng |
Consequences change probability of behavior; consequences contingent on behavior |
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Thorndike's Law of Effect |
Positive outcomes strengthen behavior. Negative outcomes weaken behavior |
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Positive/negative reinforcement |
Adding something pleasant/taking away something unpleasant |
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Positive/negative punishment |
Adding something unpleasant/taking away something pleasant |
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Learned helplesness |
When you cannot avoid the negative stimuli other learning can form |
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Observational learning |
Imitation or modeling learned behavior is observed and imitated (bobo doll) |
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Latent learnjng |
Unreinforced learning not immediately refaced in behavior (rats in maze) |
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Insight learnjng |
Problem solving in which sudden insight or understanding occurs (lightbulb moment) |