General Psychology Test Two

Front 1

Conscious

Back 1

The subjective awareness of internal and external events

Front 2

Attention

Back 2

Internal process used to set priorities for mental functions.

Front 3

Dichotic listening

Back 3

Different auditory messages presented to each ear at the same time then the subject must repeat aloud one message while ignoring the other

Front 4

Automaticity

Back 4

Fast and effortless processing that requires little to no focused attention

Front 5

Biological rhythms

Back 5

Circadian rhythm

Hint 5

body temp, blood pressure, hormone secretion, activates in a 24 hour cycle

Front 6

Biological Clock

Back 6

Brain structures that schedule resonance variations in bodily function by triggering them at the appropriate times.

Front 7

EEG

Back 7

Monitors the electrical activity of the brain

Front 8

Four categories of brain wave patterns

Back 8

Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta

Front 9

Sleep stage 1

Back 9

Theta waves, drifting thoughts, slow breathing

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Sleep Stage 2

Back 10

Sleep spindles & K complexes. Asleep but may respond to some external signals.

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Sleep Stage 3 & 4

Back 11

Deeper sleep state, delta activity & lack of responsiveness if woken. Moving from light to deep sleep.

Front 12

REM Sleep

Back 12

Rapid eye movement, 70 to 90 minutes in to sleep & electrical activity resembles that of awake. Vivid dreams; if awoken usually remember 80%

Front 13

Sleep deprivation

Back 13

Slurred speech, declines in mental ability, development of paranoia and or hallucination

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REM rebound

Back 14

Tendency to increase time spent in REM sleep after REM deprivation

Front 15

Dyssomnias

Back 15

Problems connected with the amount, timing & quality of sleep.

Front 16

Parasomnias

Back 16

Abnormal disturbances that occur during sleep.

I.E. Nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking

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Epiphenomenon

Back 17

Non crucial effect

Front 18

Insomnia

Back 18

Difficulty starting or maintaining sleep. Must be chronic (Last at least a month).

Front 19

Hypersomnia

Back 19

Chronic condition marked by excessive sleepiness

Front 20

Narcolepsy

Back 20

Sudden extreme sleepiness

Front 21

Psychoactive Drugs

Back 21

Drugs that affect behavior and mental process through alterations of conscious awareness.

Front 22

Drug actions

Back 22

Some drugs duplicate the actions of neurotransmitters. Some depress or block the action of neurotransmitters.

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Categories of psychoactive drugs

Back 23

Depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens

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Drug Effects

Back 24

Tolerance, Drug Dependency & Withdraw.

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Depressants

Back 25

Slows or depresses the ongoing activity of the central nervous system. Produce feelings of relaxation.

I.E. alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers.

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Stimulants

Back 26

Increase central nervous system activity, increase alertness. Dilated pupils, extreme anxiety & convulsions.

I.E. Caffeine, Nicotine, Cocaine, Methamphetamine.

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Opiates

Back 27

Depresses nervous system, reduces anxiety and elevates mood. Linked to endorphins. Strong withdraw.

I.E. Opium, heroin, morphine.

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Hallucinogens

Back 28

Disrupt normal mental / emotional functioning, distort perception in altering reality. Perception is fractured & the world becomes awash in colors, sounds & tactile sinsations.

I.E. LSD, marijuana, DMT, psilocybin mushrooms, 2CI & many more.

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Hypnosis

Back 29

Social interaction that produces a heightened state of suggestibility in willing participants.

Front 30

Fun theory

Back 30

People are more likely to do something if they think the activity is fun

Front 31

Motivation

Back 31

The force that moves people to behave think and feel the way they do

Front 32

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Back 32

Level of arousal shares a common curve in relation to task performance

Front 33

2 motivation types

Back 33

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Front 34

2 things goals should be

Back 34

Specific, difficult yet reachable

Front 35

Anorexia nervosa

Back 35

Relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation can literally starve themselves to death

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Bulimia nervosa

Back 36

Follows a binge and purge eating pattern

Front 37

Masters and Johnson set out to answer the question

Back 37

What physical reactions develop as people respond to sexual stimulation why do people behave as they do to the stimulation if treatment for sexual inadequacy was possible possibilities must be answered

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The sexual response cycle

Back 38

Stage 1 excitement stage 2 Plateau stage 3 orgasm stage 4 resolution

Front 39

What is self regulation

Back 39

Delayed gratification. Self-regulatory failure equals prominent concern! Can lead to poor emotional control, alcohol abuse, smoking, over eating, hostility, debt, behavioral problems

Front 40

TOTE

Back 40

Test operate test exit with a feedback loop associated with the TO function

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What is learning

Back 41

A relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience

Front 42

Behaviorism

Back 42

Theory of learning that focuses solely on observable acts

Front 43

Types of learning

Back 43

Associative learning and observational learning

Front 44

Ivan Pavlov

Back 44

Associated with classical conditioning

Front 45

Who is little Albert

Back 45

Watson and Rayner.

Conditioned an orphaned toddler to loud noises to oppose white rats inadvertently causing opposition all furry animals

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BF Skinner

Back 46

Operant conditioning

Front 47

Operant conditioning instrumental conditioning

Back 47

Learn that our own actions not the conditioned stimulus led to outcomes

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Edward L Thorndike

Back 48

Correlated with BF Skinner, used cats

Front 49

Albert Bandura

Back 49

Social learning theory

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Social learning theory

Back 50

Associated with Thorndike

Front 51

Pandora's four-step model

Back 51

Attend, remember, enact, expect

Front 52

Martin EP Seligman

Back 52

Associated with learned helplessness used dogs