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What term describes the tendency to revert to instinctive behaviors, inhibiting the production of a conditioned response?
What is learned helplessness primarily caused by?
Which learning theory is exemplified by children becoming more aggressive after observing violence towards a Bobo doll?
Which brain cells are associated with both performing an action and observing others perform the same action?
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What approach is typically used in behavior modification to teach new behaviors?
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What effect does a delayed tone have on letter recall?
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Which method is likely to enhance the encoding of information into long term memory?
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How many items can working memory typically hold at once?
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What describes the spaced practice effect?
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What kind of code is primarily used for verbal information in long term memory?
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Which of the following activities enhances memory encoding through personalization?
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Which strategy is NOT a method of effortful encoding?
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What influences the likelihood of information becoming long term memory?
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What is state-dependent memory primarily associated with?
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What does the modulation hypothesis explain?
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Which of the following describes flashbulb memories?
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Which theory of forgetting suggests memories fade due to neglect over time?
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What kind of interference does NOT prevent recall from previously learned material?
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What does repression refer to in the context of memory?
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What impact does retroactive interference have on previously learned information?
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Which of the following best describes distorted or manufactured memories?
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What is source misattribution?
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What role does the hippocampus play in memory?
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Which neurotransmitter is key in the formation of memories?
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What is retroactive interference?
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What was observed in the study involving the childhood memories of university students?
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What is the significance of long-term potentiation?
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Which part of the brain is primarily associated with working memory?
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In infants, how is memory perceived based on their behavior?
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What is the primary symptom of amnestic disorders?
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Which type of amnesia is characterized by an inability to remember events that occurred after an amnesia-inducing event?
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In older adults, which gender is more likely to develop dementia?
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Which of the following brain structures is slowly developing and is crucial for memory formation?
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What is a common early symptom of Alzheimer's disease?
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Which type of memory is defined by the ability to remember content from the past?
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What are neurofibrillary tangles associated with in the brain?
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Which of the following conditions can increase the risk of developing dementia in women?
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What is the absolute threshold in sensory perception?
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Sensory adaptation primarily refers to which phenomenon?
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Which process involves the conversion of environmental stimuli into neural impulses?
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What does the signal detection theory explain about an individual's response to stimuli?
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Which phenomenon is most closely associated with an involuntary and consistent intermixing of sensory experiences?
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What is the primary role of hair cells in relation to sound adaptation?
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How does the ear proximity to sound contribute to sound localization?
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Which type of hearing loss is caused by a disruption in sound transmission due to physical obstructions?
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What phenomenon allows individuals to selectively focus on particular sounds in a noisy environment?
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What is the initial auditory capability observed in fetuses before birth?
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What is the primary role of the olfactory bulb in smell recognition?
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How do taste preferences typically change as children grow older?
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What is the impact of having a higher number of taste buds in children compared to adults?
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Which brain area is primarily activated by unpleasant tastes and smells?
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What factor contributes to newborns' ability to recognize their mother's scent shortly after birth?
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What psychological process helps individuals learn to distinguish between similar smells?
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What developmental change occurs in the taste sensitivity of children as they grow?
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How do the pathways for taste and smell differ in their processing?
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What physiological phenomenon occurs as individuals continue to use a drug?
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What concept describes the association between environmental cues and the body's compensatory responses to heroin?
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How did John B. Watson's experiment with Little Albert illustrate fear conditioning?
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What process is used to gradually expose individuals to their phobia to reduce their fear?
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What type of fear is characterized by a persistent and irrational reaction to a specific situation or object?
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What occurs when an individual develops an aversion to a specific food after associating it with illness?
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In Watson's experiment with Little Albert, what was a significant ethical concern?
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What type of learning theory does Watson's focus on observable behavior exemplify?
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What is the primary purpose of retrieval cues in memory retrieval?
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Which memory task requires recalling information without any retrieval cues?
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What does the encoding specificity principle state about memory retrieval?
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In the study by Godden and Baddeley, divers recalled words more effectively when they were in the same context as when they learned them. What concept does this exemplify?
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What role does priming play in the process of memory retrieval?
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Study Notes
Instinctive Drift
- Breland and Breland observed that animals sometimes revert to instinctive behaviors despite conditioning efforts. This is known as instinctive drift.
- Shaping is effective in modifying animal and human behavior.
Behavior Modification
- A systematic approach to changing behavior utilizing principles of operant conditioning.
- Used to teach new skills.
- Can be used to modify undesirable behaviors
- Learned helplessness occurs when individuals repeatedly encounter inescapable punishment, leading to a failure to escape in future situations.
- Example: Rats failing to escape a foot shock, even when an escape route is available, after experiencing inescapable tail shocks.
Observational Learning and Aggression
- Albert Bandura's research suggests that children learn aggression through observation.
- Children who watched a film of a woman beating up a Bobo doll were more likely to be aggressive with the doll. This is called vicarious learning.
- Mirror neurons are brain cells that fire when we perform an action and when we observe others performing the same action.
Encoding Information into Long-Term Memory
- Rehearsal helps transfer information from working memory to long-term memory.
- Understanding the meaning of information, elaborating on it, and making it personally relevant improves encoding.
- Mnemonic devices help encode information, such as chunking and the PQRST method.
- Schemas help organize new information into categories based on previous experiences and learning.
- Spaced practice, where rehearsal sessions are spread out over time, helps the encoding of material.
Forms of Encoding
- Phonological code relies on repeating sounds, such as repeating number sequences.
- Visual code involves holding an image of the information, like remembering the visual appearance of digits.
- Semantic codes link new information to previously stored knowledge, creating meaningful connections.
- State-dependent memory is facilitated by being in the same state of mind as when the information was encoded.
Emotional Memory
- Emotional events, whether positive or negative, are more readily encoded and remembered.
- The modulation hypothesis proposes that the amygdala, during emotional event encoding, influences long-lasting emotional memory effects.
- Flashbulb memories are detailed and enduring memories concerning the circumstances surrounding an emotionally significant event or learning about a major event.
Theories of Forgetting
- Decay theory suggests that memories fade over time due to neglect or lack of access.
- Interference theory attributes forgetting to competing information learned before or after the target information.
- Proactive interference involves prior information interfering with the recall of new information.
- Retroactive interference involves new information interfering with the retrieval of previously learned information.
- Motivated forgetting involves unconsciously suppressing unpleasant or distressing memories, known as repression.
Distorted or Manufactured Memories
- Memory distortions occur through source misattribution, where information is remembered but the source is forgotten, potentially leading to accepting information from unreliable sources as true.
- Exposure to misinformation can cause retroactive interference, leading to forgetting information replaced with new, competing information.
- Imagination can also influence memories, even creating false memories.
Memory and the Brain
- Memory is a process, rather than a specific location.
- The prefrontal cortex plays a crucial role in working memory.
- The hippocampus is critical for transferring memories into long-term storage.
- Memory consolidation involves stabilizing memories in the brain.
- Potentiation occurs when networks of cells fire synchronously, strengthening connections and potentially contributing to memory formation.
Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)
- LTP is a phenomenon where repeated stimulation of specific neurons in the brain dramatically increases the likelihood of strong responses to future stimulation.
- Glutamate is a key neurotransmitter involved in memory formation.
Memory Development
- Children develop memory capabilities gradually, with early memory largely tied to emotional experiences.
- Prospective memory is the ability to remember information for future use.
- Retrospective memory is the ability to remember past information.
- The hippocampus develops slowly, impacting the development of memory.
Disorders of Memory
- Amnesic disorders involve significant memory loss as the primary symptom.
- Retrograde amnesia affects recall of events that occurred before the onset of amnesia.
- Anterograde amnesia impairs the ability to form new memories after the amnesia-inducing event.
- Dementias involve severe memory problems alongside other cognitive function decline.
- Mild Neurocognitive Disorder (MND) involves moderate cognitive decline but limited impact on daily activities.
Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's disease involves progressive memory impairments, attention lapses, language difficulties, and difficulty with complex tasks.
- Neurofibrillary tangles are twisted protein fibers found within cells in the hippocampus and certain brain areas.
- Senile plaques are spherical deposits of a protein called beta-amyloid, found between cells in the hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and other brain regions.
Gender and Dementia
- Older women are more likely to develop dementia than men.
- Certain health conditions, including depression and diabetes, increase dementia risk in women.
- Women with Alzheimer's disease have more neurofibrillary tangles compared to men.
Sensation and Perception
- Sensation is the process of using sensory systems to detect environmental stimuli.
- Perception is the conscious recognition and identification of these stimuli.
- Synesthesia is the involuntary and consistent mixing of senses, resulting in a person experiencing one sense through another (for example, tasting colors).
- Sensory receptor cells are specialized cells that convert specific forms of environmental stimuli into neural impulses.
- Sensory transduction is the process of converting environmental stimuli into neural impulses.
- Absolute threshold is the minimal amount of stimulation needed to detect a stimulus, and it varies from person to person.
- Difference threshold is the minimal difference between two stimuli required to detect a difference between them.
- Signal detection theory suggests that our response to a signal depends on our ability to differentiate it from background noise.
Sensory Adaptation
- Sensory adaptation is the process where repeated stimulation of a sensory cell leads to a reduced response.
- Olfactory adaptation occurs when continuous exposure to a particular odor leads to a decrease in its detectability.
Smell Processing
- Bottom-up processing begins with physical stimuli and progresses through transduction into neural impulses. These are sent to the piriform cortex for recognition.
- The piriform cortex can adapt based on experiences, allowing us to learn to distinguish similar smells through conditioning (e.g., associating a smell with a shock).
- Emotional connections are established through the olfactory bulb, which sends signals to the amygdala (emotions) and indirectly to the hippocampus (memory), explaining why certain smells can trigger memories.
Taste Processing
- Taste receptor cells connect to sensory neurons on the tongue, sending signals to the thalamus and then to the cerebral cortex.
- The thalamus acts as a relay station for most senses (excluding smell).
- Pleasant tastes (sweet and salty) activate similar brain areas, whereas unpleasant tastes (bitter and sour) activate different areas.
- Taste and smell are processed separately but converge in the prefrontal cortex.
- The insula cortex processes taste and is linked to feelings of disgust, activating in response to unpleasant tastes, smells, and even repulsive images.
Development of Smell and Taste
- Newborns can recognize their mother's scent within hours of birth and show a preference for her amniotic fluid odor.
- After birth, babies quickly learn the smell of their mother's milk, which acts as a calming agent.
- Newborns have a well-developed sense of taste, preferring sweet flavors and disliking bitter and sour ones.
- Children begin to prefer sour tastes around age 7.
- Bitter taste aversion typically persists until young adulthood, possibly leading to the enjoyment of foods like dark chocolate.
- Taste buds develop before birth, with newborns having more than adults.
- Children have taste buds in more areas than adults (palate, cheeks), potentially contributing to picky eating.
- The high number of taste buds in children makes certain flavors seem stronger, helping them avoid potentially harmful substances.
Individual Differences in Smell and Taste
- Sensitivity to smells varies widely among people due to genetics and environmental factors.
Hearing
- Sound waves activate different regions on the basilar membrane based on their frequency.
- Absolute pitch refers to the ability to recognize or produce any note on a musical scale.
Sound Adaptation
- Adaptation occurs when we become less sensitive to continuous sounds with repeated exposure, as hair cells become less responsive.
- General loudness serves as a cue for distance estimation, as we associate louder sounds with closer proximity.
- Loudness in each ear aids in sound localization, as differences in loudness between the ears indicate the source's position.
- Timing of sound arriving at each ear is another cue for sound localization, as the closer ear receives the sound wave first.
Development of Hearing
- Fetuses are capable of transducing sound waves before birth.
- They respond to loud noises with a startle reflex and can recognize some sounds from within the womb, like their mother's voice.
Sound Adaptation
- Cocktail party effect describes the brain's ability to pick up on relevant sounds amidst a noisy environment.
Hearing Loss
- Conduction deafness occurs when there is an occlusion or interruption in the transmission of sound through the inner ear (e.g., wax buildup, infection, ear drum damage, water in the ear).
- Cochlear implants assist individuals with deafness in hearing sounds.
Drug Dependence
- Drug dependence includes both psychological and physiological changes experienced as the individual continues to use the drug.
- Tolerance develops as the body adapts to the presence of the drug, requiring larger doses to achieve the same effect.
- Compensatory responses occur when environmental cues associated with drug use trigger the body's anticipatory response to the drug.
- The nervous system learns to expect the drug based on these environmental cues.
Classical Conditioning
- Classical conditioning plays a role in drug tolerance, allergic reactions, and fear conditioning.
- John B. Watson, through his work on behaviorism, emphasized the role of the environment in shaping individuals.
- Little Albert experiment demonstrated how fear could be conditioned through the pairing of a neutral stimuli (white rat) with an unconditioned stimulus (loud noise).
- Phobias are persistent and irrational fears of specific objects or situations, often arising from fear conditioning.
Systematic Desensitization
- Systematic desensitization is a process used to extinguish phobias through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation.
Classical Conditioning and Taste Aversions
- Taste aversions are learned associations between specific foods and illness.
- If eating a certain food is followed by nausea or sickness, we may develop an aversion to that food, even if the sickness was unrelated.
Memory Retrieval
- Retrieval is an activation process where questions we pose to ourselves trigger relevant information stored in long-term memory.
- Retrieval cues (sights, sounds, or other stimuli) facilitate the retrieval of information.
Priming and Retrieval
- Priming is the activation of one piece of information, which leads to the activation of another, ultimately retrieving a specific memory.
- Recognition tasks require individuals to identify previously seen items, while recall tasks require the production of information without retrieval cues.
Context and Retrieval
- Context refers to the original location or situation where information was encoded.
- Returning to this context facilitates retrieval, as it provides relevant cues.
- Encoding specificity principle states that memory retrieval is more effective when the information available at retrieval matches the information available during encoding.
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