Chapter 1-6 Study

Question 0

Scientific method?

Answer 0

Observation. Hypothesis. Experiment. Results. Conclusions. Findings.

Question 1

Refractory period

Answer 1

When a neuron is resting in between fires

Question 2

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 2

Everything else

Besides central NS

Question 3

Behavioral

Answer 3

Says we have no choice

Question 4

Neuron

Answer 4

Basic unit of nervous system

Question 6

Dendrites

Answer 6

Detect messages from other neurons

Question 7

Learning

Answer 7

A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience

Question 8

Encoding

Answer 8

1st encounter

Making things meaningful

Question 9

Axon

Answer 9

Carry signals away from cell body

Question 11

Action potential

Answer 11

Moves from one end of the axon to the other like a flame traveling along a fuse

Question 12

Reinforcement

Answer 12

Any consequence that makes it more likely you’ll do it again

Question 13

Extinction

Answer 13

Occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears

Question 14

Central nervous system

Answer 14

Brain / Spinal Cord

Question 16

Acetylcholine

Answer 16

1st neurotransmitter to be identified
Found throughout the body
Muscle movement, cognitive functioning

Question 18

Experimental stage of scientific method?

Answer 18

Sample. Independent variable. Dependent variable

Question 19

Norepinephrine

Answer 19

Alertness, arousal, learning, memory

Question 20

Neurotransmitters

Answer 20

Stored in the axon

Go in the synapse and are then grabbed up

Question 21

Punishment

Answer 21

Decreases probability you’ll do something again. Anything that makes it less likely you’ll repeat a behavior

Question 22

Operant conditioning

Answer 22

The probability of a behavior is determined by it’s consequence

Question 23

Serotonin

Answer 23

Sleeping, eating, mood, pain, depression

Question 24

Cognitive learning

Answer 24

What you know not necessarily what you do

Question 25

Observational learning

Answer 25

Pay attention
Remember
Reproducing
Motivation

Question 26

Latent learning

Answer 26

Hidden learning

Question 27

Storing

Answer 27

Filing it away for later use

Question 28

Retrieving

Answer 28

Remembering

Question 29

Memory

Answer 29

The process of storing, encoding & retrieving info

Question 30

Types of memory

Answer 30

Sensory Short term Long term

Question 31

Sensory memory

Answer 31

Shortest lasting Near perfect Lasts under 2 seconds

Question 32

Short term | "Working memory"

Answer 32

15-30 seconds Contains your recent perceptions that you are currently focusing on Consciously processing Can only hold approx 7 +/- 2 chunks of info

Question 33

Long term

Answer 33

Remembering is taking out of LTM & putting it in STM Total memory 2 dif types of retrieving info: recognizing & recall

Question 34

Types of LTM

Answer 34

Semantic: Long term knowledge of general factual info (dates, word def, mathematical formulas) Episodic: personal Procedural: how things are done

Question 35

Mnemonics

Answer 35

Memory tricks used to improve recall

Question 36

Soma

Answer 36

Cell body

Question 36

Humanistic

Answer 36

Says we do have a choice

Question 36

Synapse

Answer 36

Space between two neurons where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with the dendrites of a receiving neuron by using chemical messages

Question 36

Dopeminew

Answer 36

Motor movement, pleasure & reward center, attention + = scizo - = parkinson

Question 36

Types of mnemonics

Answer 36

Association: deliberate encoding Acronym: word or phrase where every letter is a retrieval cue Acrostic: like acronym but sentence instead of word. Order cannot be switched

Question 37

Terminal buttons

Answer 37

Send messages forward to other neurons