Exam 2

Question 1

Nervous System

Answer 1

Extensive network of specialized cells that carry information to and from all parts of the body

Question 2

Neuroscience

Answer 2

Deals with the structure and function of neurons, nerves, and nervous tissue

• relationship to behavior and leaning

Question 3

Neurons

Answer 3

Structure- process and transmit information

Two types and AXONS & DENDRITES

Question 4

Dendrites

axon

Answer 4

Receive messages

Carries messages

Question 5

Glial cells

Answer 5

Provide support for the neurons to grow around

Question 6

Short term memory

Answer 6

STM lasts from about twelve to thirty seconds without rehearsal

STM

Question 7

Long term memory

Answer 7

The system of memory where information is going to be keeper more less permanently

ELABORATIVE REHEARSALS- a method of transferring information from STM into LTM MAKE INFORMATION MEANINGFUL
-using examples for you to remember

Question 8

Working memory

Answer 8

Adaption of short-term memory

• Actively manipulating information
• allows for multiple, simultaneous process

Question 9

The serial position effect

Answer 9

Learn a list of words and recall them in any order they choose
- recalled on a U-Shaped appearance

PRIMARY EFFECT- the superior recall for the first items on a list short term memory

RECENCY EFFECT- The superior recall of the last words stored in your working memory

Question 10

Nondeclarative memory

Answer 10

Skills that people know how to do with thinking about it

Also, emotion al association, habits, and simple conditions reflexes that may or may not be in conscious awareness
Ex- getting bit by a bog and you will remember that

Question 11

Declarative memory

Answer 11

Contains information that is conscious and know

Question 12

Semantic memory LTM

Answer 12

Contains general knowledge, such as knowledge of languages and information leaning in frontal education

Memory for facts

Question 13

Episodic memory LTM

Answer 13

Contains personal information not readily available to others

Question 14

Autobiographic memory

Answer 14

Blending of semantic and episodic memories characterizes autobi memory’s

Blend both memories together

Question 15

Hippocampus

Answer 15

Long term memory storage

Question 16

Connectional theories

Answer 16

Model of memory organization that assumes information is stored in the brain in a connected fashion

Ex: your brain works by file cabinets and once you learn that fact you start to know other colors and is stored in a area close to red, in that same file cabinet

Question 17

Schemes

Answer 17

When we encounter new information, we attempt to fit the new information into an existing scheme

Ex: if I was white app o bing a black male I would be already judging him base off what I know already about black ppl, help us identify information quick

Question 18

Retrieval : Cues

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Cue- any stimulus that helps you access target information

Question 19

Retrieval cues

Recognition

Answer 19

Recognition- the ability to match a piece of information of stimulus to a stored image or fact

Question 20

Retrieval cues

RECALL

Answer 20

Recall- short essay test

Pulled from a memory with little to no external cues

Question 21

Retrieval: Flashbulb memories

Answer 21

Some memories seem permanently etched into our brains

Question 22

Flashbulb memories

Answer 22

Type of automatic encoding that occurs because an unexpected event has strong emotional associations for the person remembering it

Question 23

Neural communication

TWO STEP PROCESS

Answer 23

1. Electrical signaling: action potential

2. Chemical signaling: neurotransmitters

Question 24

Ions

Answer 24

Charges particles

• inside neurons: negatively charged
• outside neurons: positively charges

Question 25

Resting potential

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The state of the neuron when not firing a neural impulse Negative on inside, Positive on outside

Question 26

Central nervous system

Answer 26

Parts of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord - carries electronic signals to and from the body - spinal cord: long bumble of neurons that carries messages to and from the body to the brain is responsible for the very fast, lifesaving reflexes

Question 27

Motor neurons

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Carries messages from the CNS to the muscles of the body - also called an efferent neuron - take information to your motor

Question 28

The brain stem

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MEDULLA- Responsible for involuntary reaction | Breathing, swallowing, heart rate

Question 29

Limbic System THALAMUS

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Thalamus -The gateway to the cortex, as input from most of our sensory system ( vision, hearing, touch, and taste) travels first to the thalamus What you see and hear get processed here first

Question 30

Limbic System AMYGDALA

Answer 30

Appears to have a role in identifying, remembering, and responding to fear and aggression - responsible for your fear and aggression

Question 31

Hypothalamus

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The regulation of the body function s as temperature, thirst, biological rhythms, and sexual activities Make sure you have right temp.. Homeostasis

Question 32

Hippocampus

Answer 32

Essential to the formation of long-term memories - memory

Question 33

Endocrine glands

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The transformation of information from one form to another In a firm you can remember -include and releases hormones

Question 34

Memory

Answer 34

A system where we retain information and bring it to the mind

Question 35

Bottom up approach

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Encoding —> Storage —> Retrieval

Question 36

Sensory memory

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First stage of memory: information enters the nervous system threw the sensory system - SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT LARGE amount of information

Question 37

Different types of sensory memory Ionic

Answer 37

IONIC- Visual sensory memory

Question 38

Sensory memory Eidetic

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The ability to access visual for thirty seconds or more

Question 39

Sensory memory Echoing

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The brief memory of something a person just heard

Question 40

Short term memory

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Holds information for a limited time

Question 41

Chunking

Answer 41

Helpful to group information together 678 654 fbi cia

Question 42

Maintenance rehearsal

Answer 42

Saying some information to help you remember something

Question 43

Working memory

Answer 43

Actively manipulates information | saying something backwards