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psychology 2
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Consciousness
being awake alive alert and thinking
Circadian Rhythm
in body lasts about 24 hours
Selective Attention
an adaptive skill to focus on one thing and ignore other things
Change Blindness
you cant notice when things change
Sleep
a necessary periodic reversible loss of consciousness
Stage One Of Sleep
brain waves very random you can hear things but thoughts are distorted
Hypnogogic Hallucination
light form of dreaming muscles are still awake
Stage Two Of Sleep
brain waves are slowing down
Sleep Spindals
gives burst of energy
Stage Three and Four Of Sleep
slow wave sleep least amount of brain activity not much muscle control
REM Sleep
Rapid Eye Movement body is paralyzed high activity in lymbic and optical systems
Sleep Cycle Order
1 2 3 4 3 2 REM 2 3
Phase Delayed Insomnia
body temp wont drop so you can sleep toss and turn cant fall asleep
Phase Advances Insomnia
Body temp increases before you want it to causing you to wake up
Narcolepsy
Sleep Seizure unavoidable sleep attacks during the day caused by strong emotion
Catoplsy
loss of muscle tone
Sleep Apnea
don't cycle through sleep cycles correctly because body lacks oxygen
Night Terrors
Common In Children body has panic attack in stage 4 of sleep
Dreams
random brain activity that your brain makes a story
Manifest
actual content of the dream
Latent
Certain things in dreams have meaning
Associative Learning
learning by paring things together
Classical Condition
most basic form of learning
Pavlov
was interested in the physiological aspect of digestion
Psychic Salivation
When the bell rang it caused the dogs to think about food and salivate
Unconditioned Stimulus
The the the animal has the physiological response to
Unconditioned Response
the Physiological reaction
Acquisition
set up of conditioning
Extinction
removal of response
Spontaneous Recovery
The thing was extinguished and then all of a sudden the condition happens again
Generalization
Conditioning extends to other stimuli
Discrimination
animals can distinguish between stimuli
Operant Conditioning
a system of reinforcements and punishments meant to increase or decrease behaviors
B. F. Skinner
Father of operant condtioning
Continuous Reinforcement
reward behavior every time it happens
Partial Reinforcement
Only reward behavior sometimes
Fixed Ration Reinforcement
a reward in increments
Variable Ration Reinforcement
Random
Fixed Interval Reinforcement
after a set amount of time like a paycheck
Variable Interval Reinforcement
Set amount of time most powerful
Negative Punishment
taking something away
Positive Punishment
Applying something to the person or animal for punishment
Biological Basis
In frontal lobe has mirror neurons
Albert Bandura
father of social learning theory
Social Learning Theory
watching the people around you and copying them
Bobo Experiment
even with single exposure children can be changed by social learning theory
Memory
demonstration of learning
Flash Bulb Memories
Clear picture of exactly what happened not very accurate
Sensory Memory
Comes in sense organs only lasts few seconds
Short Term/ Working Memory
Info you just received that you are thinking about to remember
Long Term Memory
turning a working memory into a memory that lasts longer
Explicit (declarative) Memory
You can demonstrate using words like tests
Implicit (procedural) Memory
Muscle memory you learn how to do it with your body