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What is the branch of psyc that is interested in the association between mental processing and the brain?
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Cognitive neuroscience
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What do structuralists say that consciousness is comprised of?
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.Sensations- info we encode from stimulus .Feelings- emotions aroused by stimulus .Images- mental impressions of stimulus |
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What is the difference between functionalists and structuralists?
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Structuralism is the study of the parts and elements that make up the mind while functionalism is the processes of the mind
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What is the difference in the was structuralists and functionalists in the way they think about emotions?
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Structuralists describe conscious experience Functionalists try to understand the reasoning of the function. |
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What were Bartlett's and Ebbinghaus's discoveries to memory? What did they define?
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Ebbinghaus: recall was more difficult when length was increased, retention increases with number of repetitions, Forgetting function: memory performance declines over time interval since study. Bartlett: Stories of folklore. Discovered a fair amount of reconstructive memory: Schemata; generalized knowledge structures based on experience. |
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What concepts do Gestalt psychologists study and what concepts have the influenced today?
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Study how organizational processes play a role in perception and problem solving. Eye will tend to fill in the blanks to make a shape (circle)
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Comprehend Tolman's study with rats. What was found in his research? Results?
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Three groups 1. Reinforced everyday 2.Never reinforced 3. Reinforced after day 11 . 1. Learned maze gradually 2. Never learned maze 3.Learned maze suddenly on day 11! (learned the maze without reinforcement- latent learning) |
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Understand an be able to apply S-R psyc. be able to identify a stimulus and response.
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-Behavior is strengthened or weakened by positive or negative reinforcements -Behavior that is rewarded is more likely to be repeated - Behavior that is punished is less likely to be repeated |
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What area of the brain are higher cognitive processes processed?
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Forebrain
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How do humans compare with computers? |
People encode information, process and store it, and then retrieve it when needed. Just like a computer would.
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How do neurons communicate? |
Action potentials release neurotransmitters into the synapse and they travel to the dendrites of another neuron
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waste
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look up
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