The Mind and Electrical Activity Quiz

Phenomenal private aspects of our mental lives.

Electrical potential between the front and back of the eye.

Delta waves are associated with slow wave sleep and REM sleep, and are crucial for rest.

The functions of Slow Wave sleep include memory consolidation and physical restoration.

The Global workspace hypothesis states that consciousness requires information processed from nonconscious parts of the brain, which is then broadcasted to other parts of the brain.

The Hawthorne effect refers to the phenomenon where being observed causes participants to change their behavior.

Piaget's theory of human development suggests that we have some innate knowledge, and our experiences are combined to form concepts of the world through processes of equilibrium, assimilation, and accommodation.

Proximate causation refers to the immediate factors influencing behavior, such as hormonal state and environment, while ultimate causation refers to the evolutionary causes of behavior.

Nativism proposes that everything is inborn, while empiricism suggests that everything is learned.

The out of Africa hypothesis states that modern humans evolved in Africa and spread without interbreeding, replacing other hominid species.

The endosymbiotic theory, also known as the theory of symbiogenesis, suggests that organisms absorbed another and gained abilities of both, living inside each other.

Internal validity refers to the soundness of results within controlled conditions, while external validity refers to the extent to which the study can be generalized to those outside the sample.

Confounding variables are additional variables that are not separated from the independent variable and may affect the results of the study.

Statistical significance refers to the difference between the independent variable and dependent variable being larger than what could be attributed to chance. It is important in determining whether the results of a study are meaningful or due to random variation.

Nature refers to the influence of genes on behavior, while nurture refers to the influence of the environment. Interactionism suggests that both nature and nurture play a role in determining behavior.

The Behaviourist Model of Mind proposes that human behavior is solely a result of environmental factors and conditioning. According to this model, there is no inherent concept of good or evil, as humans simply react to the conditions they are exposed to.

The Interaction Problem refers to the challenge of understanding how the mind and body interact. Different perspectives on this problem include: - Idealists: who believe that only the mind exists, and physical objects are derived from the mind. - Neutral Monists: who argue that neither the mind nor the body is the single substance of reality, and both are equally real. - Materialists: who propose that consciousness is a function of the brain, and that nothing exists beyond the physical world.

The 'hard problem' of consciousness refers to the challenge of explaining how subjective experiences and conscious meaning arise from brain and body activity. It is considered difficult to solve because it involves understanding how physical matter gives rise to subjective experiences, which cannot be directly observed or measured by others. It raises questions about the nature of consciousness as a private and personal experience.

The Default mode network refers to the brain regions that are active when a person is not focused on the outside world. Its purpose is not fully understood, but it is believed to be involved in mind-wandering and self-referential thinking.

Inattentional blindness refers to the failure to notice something that is not the focus of attention, such as a person in a gorilla suit walking across a field. Change blindness, on the other hand, refers to the failure to notice a change that occurs in plain sight, such as talking to a stranger who swaps out with someone else.

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a group of cells in the hypothalamus that serves as the body's master clock. It receives information about light levels from the eyes and helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle and other biological rhythms.

Rationalism is the belief that reason and logic are the primary sources of knowledge. It suggests that observation may be misleading and that theories can be confirmed through logical reasoning. Empiricism, on the other hand, emphasizes the importance of observation and experience in confirming theories. It suggests that theories should be based on empirical evidence.