Physch Final

Proximity

We fill in the gaps for missing parts

We see the simplest shapes possible

We see similar objects as groups

We see continuous patterns

The ability to discriminate between a figure and it's background

Filling in gaps and what her senses tells us

Ability to know to stimuli that affect only the unconscious mind

Objects appear farther away from another object and are higher on your plane of view

Overlapping images

The farther removed and object is the less detail we can identify

A parent movement of objects that occurs when you move your head from side to side or when you walk around

Parallel lines converge when stretched into the distance

When objects move in the opposite direction to your movement

Eyes turning inward to look at nearby objects

Making one image with both eyes

Perceiving items the same way regardless of change and angle distance or lighting(shape brightness color)

Perception that misrepresents physical stimuli

Ability to gain information through channels other than the normal senses

A relatively permanent change in behavior that results from experience

Gradual classically conditioned response

Responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli

Responding different to similar but distinct stimuli

Gradual disappearance of a conditioned response

Reappearing of a conditioned response after a delay

Pairing a new taste with a bad experience

A child who says "Daddy" to only his father is an example of

Objects to satisfy a reduced basic needs are called

Molding or sculpting new responses out of old one

Learned reactions that follow one another in sequence

Praising a child for gradually improving attempts to tie a shoe is an example of

Influencing behavior by means of unpleasant stimuli

Removing a painful or unpleasant stimulus which increases behavior

Removing or terminating an unpleasant stimulus

A way to prevent the occurrence of an unpleasant stimulus

Observing and imitating the behavior of others

Using mental processes from observation or imitation

Mental pictures of a place(maze)

A change in behavior that does not occur immediately but gradually

When you failed repeatedly as you attempt to control a situation

Imitating or copying

Learning based on imitation

Engaging in threatening activity without being punished which makes it easier to engage in

Systematic application of learning principles to change peoples actions and feelings

A student who complains of a stomachache to get a pass to the nurse to miss a quiz is using

This focuses on how information is obtained processed and organized

Learning that occurs in the absence of a reinforcer and often is not demonstrated until a reinforcer appears

The type of modeling in which someone learns that her behavior is not as threatening as he thought by watching others engage in the behavior

A type of conditioning system often used in group situations with problem children

What code is not used to encode memory

Memory that holds auditory memory for one or two seconds

We choose to give importance to the stimuli that

short-term memory lasts roughly

What is associated with short term memory

Memory about a specific event

What is associated with long term memory

The part of the brain most associated with long term memory

The part of the brain most associated with state dependent memory

Active reconstruction of information

Blocking an embarrassing or frightening experience from your memory is called

Fading away of a memory over time

Likelihood of remembering the first item on the list

Old memories block the formation of new memories

Repetition of information to keep it in short term memory

Very powerful and detailed type of episodic memory

New memories blocked the recall of old memories

Likelihood of remembering the last items in a list

Linking new information to material already known

A tool or technique used to help memorize the retrieve information

Knowledge of language including rules words and meanings

Memory loss from head injury or brain damage

Filling in memory gaps

Conceptual frameworks that make sense of the world

Alteration of recalled memory that may be simplified enriched or distorted depending on experiences attitudes or inferences

Memory retrieval where a person identifies an object idea or situation one has not experienced

Recalling information easily when you are in the same physiologically or emotionally state where you started

Knowledge that can be called forth constantly

Permanent storage of learned skills(skill)

Storage of information over an extended period of time

Memory limited incapacity to above 7 items

System of repeating information(reading out loud)

Grouping items to make them easier to remember

Transforming information so the nervous system can process it

Process by which information is maintained

Process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

The storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced

Internal stayed that activates behavior and directs it toward a goal

Biological and social motives for human behavior

Produces hunger signals

Causes one to stop eating

Biological and social factors that play in hunger and obesity

Complex reaction to stimuli involving subjective feelings physiological arousal and observable behavior

Ability to perceive imagine understand emotions and to use that information in decision making

Theory-interpretation of physiological change

Theory-hypothalamus activated by signaling parts of brain

Theory-environment plays a role in emotion

Theory-physiological arousal and environment cues interpret emotion

Thelry-when stimulus is removed you feel opposite emotion

Which psychologists first proposed that humans have innate instincts

Theory labels rather than explains behavior

Save the biological needs Drive in organism to act a certain way

Three parts of every emotion

The innate tendency that determines behavior

A biological or psychological requirement of an organism

The state of tension produced by I need that motivates an organism toward a goal

A big generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger

Intense fear

Extreme anxiety

Repeated uncontrollable patterns of thoughts

Flashbacks of traumatic events

A disorder with no apparent cause

Changing emotional difficulty into a loss of specific body function

Alterations in memory identity or consciousness

Inability to recall personal events or information

Travels and is unable to recall the where they are

Two or more personalities each has own way of thinking and behaving

Severe lowered mood with no interest and suicide thoughts with extreme depression

Euphoria and depression with manic and depressive phase

Depression in the winter and lifted spirits in the spring

Group of disorders categorized by confused and disconnected thoughts emotions and perceptions

Hallucinations
Delusions
Grandeur and Persecution

False beliefs

Perceptions with no direct external cause

Motionless
Waxy flexibility

Incoherent language
Inappropriate emotions
Giggling for no reason
Disorganized motor behavior

Symptoms are completely gone or still exist but not severe enough to be diagnosed as it

How does dopamine affect schizophrenia

Maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with environment

Seeks attention

Obsessed with oneself

Characterized by continuous fear of unknown or unseen circumstances