Commenlynmissed Terms

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

What occurs when new information or experiences cause you to modify your existing schemas.

Question 2

Acetylocholine

Answer 2

A neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory, and muscle contraction.

Question 3

Acquisition

Answer 3

one of the first stages of learning when a response is established (conditioning)

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

the cognitive process of making new information fit in with your existing understanding of the world

Question 5

Attribution

Answer 5

process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors

Question 6

Internal Attribution

Answer 6

the process of assuming that personal factors are the cause of an individual’s behavior or the cause of an event

Question 7

Stable Attribution

Answer 7

they infer that an event or behavior is due to stable, unchanging factors

Question 8

Authoritarian

Answer 8

when parents merely impose rules and restrictions while expecting obedience

Question 9

Authoritative

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when parents merely impose rules and restrictions while expecting obedience

Question 10

Avoidance learning

Answer 10

when a signal is given before the unpleasant stimulus, allowing you to avoid the situation

Question 11

Binocular cues

Answer 11

The depth cues that require the use of two eyes

Question 12

Bottom-up processing

Answer 12

sensory analysis that begins at the entry-level, with information flowing from the sensory receptors to the brain

Question 13

Amygdala

Answer 13

The center of emotion and motivations

Question 14

Brain stem

Answer 14

It connects the brain and spinal cord and is responsible for automatic functions

Question 15

Cerebellum

Answer 15

responsible for motor control, posture, and balance

Question 16

Cerebrum

Answer 16

largest part of the human brain

Question 17

Frontal Lobe

Answer 17

of auditory and visual input and in the comprehension of language

Question 18

Hippocampus

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responsible for the formation of memory and processes explicit memories for storage

Question 19

Hypothalamus

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regulates many fundamental programs such as keeping the body temperature, eating, drinking, and sexual behavior

Question 20

Limbic system

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Regulate emotions; hippocampus, the hypothalamus, the amygdala and the thalamus.

Question 21

Medulla

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helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure

Question 22

Occipital Lobe

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the visual processing area of the brain

Question 23

Parental Lobe

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where information such as taste, temperature and touch are integrated, or processed

Question 24

Pons

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contains nuclei that relay signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum

Question 25

Temporal Lobes

Answer 25

involved in hearing, language processing, and memory.