Quiz 4&5

Front 1

Awareness

Back 1

Prefrontal Cortex

Front 2

Arousal

Back 2

Physiological state of being engaged with your environment (reticular activating system)

Front 3

Theory of the Mind

Back 3

Individuals' understanding that they and others think, feel, perceive, and have private experiences

Front 4

Controlled

Back 4

Ability to block out other stimuli while remaining focused on a particular task

Front 5

Automatic

Back 5

Uses automatic processes to complete the same task as previously done at a high-level. Multi-tasking can be accomplished

Front 6

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Back 6

Small brain structure using retinal input to synchronize its rhythm with daily light/dark cycle

Front 7

Implications of sleep deprivation

Back 7

Attention span is shorter, problem solving skills are not as sharp, we are emotional, & result of memory loss

Front 8

Unconscious wish fulfillment

Back 8

Dreams represent unconscious wishes he dreamer wants to fulfill.

Front 9

Dreams-for-survival

Back 9

Posses relevant information for daily survival is reassessed and reprocessed

Front 10

Activation-synthesis

Back 10

Dreams are the result of random activation of various memories and are tied together in a logical story line

Front 11

Physical dependence

Back 11

The body becomes so accustomed to functioning with the drug it cannot function without it

Front 12

Psychological dependence

Back 12

People believe they need the drug to respond to stressed of daily living

Front 13

Learning

Back 13

A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience

Front 14

Behaviorism

Back 14

Theory of learning that focuses solely on observable behaviors

Front 15

Associative learning

Back 15

Learning that occurs when an organism makes a connection between two events

Front 16

Operant conditionjng

Back 16

Consequences change probability of behavior; consequences contingent on behavior

Front 17

Thorndike's Law of Effect

Back 17

Positive outcomes strengthen behavior. Negative outcomes weaken behavior

Front 18

Positive/negative reinforcement

Back 18

Adding something pleasant/taking away something unpleasant

Front 19

Positive/negative punishment

Back 19

Adding something unpleasant/taking away something pleasant

Front 20

Learned helplesness

Back 20

When you cannot avoid the negative stimuli other learning can form

Front 21

Observational learning

Back 21

Imitation or modeling learned behavior is observed and imitated (bobo doll)

Front 22

Latent learnjng

Back 22

Unreinforced learning not immediately refaced in behavior (rats in maze)

Front 23

Insight learnjng

Back 23

Problem solving in which sudden insight or understanding occurs (lightbulb moment)