Psych M-Z

strengthening of a sypnapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Neural basis for learning and memory. Less prompting is needed to release the neurotransmitter.

measures behavior of an individual as they age

approaching a problem in a certain way

a memory technique in which a person imagines herself moving through a familiar series of locations, associating each place with a visual representation of the topic that needs to be remembered. To retrieve the image, mentally revisit the location.

used to find out psychological disorders

misleading information is incorporated into memory

neurotransmitter involved in muscles, learning and memory

neurotransmitter involved with attention, learning and emotion

neurotransmitter involved with memory

inhibitory neurotransmitter (chillax)

Opposing retinal processes enable color vision- For instance, some cells are stimulated by red and inhibited by green—this lets you see color.

when your body is relaxed in sleep except for some muscle twitches

being able to focus in on one stimuli instead of being overwhelmed by everything

people tend to do better around other people (competition) rather than at their own leisure

comprehending language (aphasia means the inability to understand here)

being exposed to something makes a person more predispositioned to like it

the gradual unlearning of a learned response