front 1 empirical research | back 1 based on observed and measured phenomena and derives knowledge from actual experience rather than from theory or belief. |
front 2 APA states of consciousness | back 2 1.Wakefulness is a state of consciousness characterized by high levels of awareness, behavior, and thought. 2. Sleep is a state of consciousness characterized by lower lev- els of physical activity and sensory awareness. |
front 3 Cognitive Psycology | back 3 Explores Our Mental Processes |
front 4 REM Sleep | back 4 your eyes move around rapidly in a range of directions, but don't send any visual information to your brain. |
front 5 NREM | back 5 First comes non-REM sleep, followed by a shorter period of REM sleep, and then the cycle starts over again. |
front 6 Sigmund Freud Dream Theory | back 6 dreams represent unconscious desires, thoughts, wish fulfillment, and motivations |
front 7 Jung Dream Theory | back 7 dreams are a way for the unconscious mind to communicate with the conscious min |
front 8 Cartwright Dream Theory | back 8 reams simply reflect life events that are important to the dreamer |
front 9 Hobson Dream Theory | back 9 dreams occur when the mind tries to make sense of the activity in the brain which is taking place whilst someone sleeps |
front 10 central nervous system purpose | back 10 receiving, processing, and responding to sensory information. |
front 11 parasympathetic nervous system | back 11 relaxes your body after periods of stress or danger |
front 12 sympathetic nervous system | back 12 responding to dangerous or stressful situations. |
front 13 cognitive maps | back 13 any visual representation of a person's (or a group's) mental model for a given process or concept |
front 14 stimulus and response psychology relationship | back 14 Stimulus is an event that happens to us, and response is our reaction or action towards that event. |
front 15 stimulus generalization | back 15 occurs when a response that has been associated with one stimulus occurs for another stimulus that is similar is some way |
front 16 operant conditioning | back 16 Voluntary behavior and consequence (bad behavior = punishment) |
front 17 Pavlov | back 17 operant conditioning |
front 18 Classical conditioning | back 18 involuntary response and stimulus (reaction and reward) |
front 19 Skinner | back 19 Classical conditioning |
front 20 Social learning theory | back 20 suggests that social behavior is learned by observing and imitating the behavior of others |
front 21 observational learning | back 21 the process of learning by watching the behaviors of others |
front 22 Bandura | back 22 observational learning |
front 23 psychotropic medications | back 23 antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, stimulants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers. |
front 24 transduction | back 24 the action or process of converting something and especially energy or a message into another form |
front 25 opponent processing | back 25 suggests that the way humans perceive colors is controlled by three opposing systems.(blue, yellow, red, green) |
front 26 little albert experiment | back 26 classical conditioning is possible in humans,(is fear conditioned/learned) it is learned |
front 27 ssris (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) | back 27 antidepressant medication (Balances seratonin) |
front 28 hypothalamus | back 28 an area of the brain that produces hormones that control: Body temperature. Heart rate. Hunger. Mood. |
front 29 pituitary gland | back 29 regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction through the hormones that it produces |
front 30 suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) | back 30 generates circadian rhythms in rest and activity, core body temperature, neuroendocrine function, autonomic function, memory |
front 31 Gamma-aminobutyric acid(GABA) | back 31 involved in sleep/ brain function/ in some melatonin meds, and can decrease tension and anxiety |
front 32 y-Aminobutyric acid | back 32 reducing neuronal excitabilit |
front 33 sleep stages | back 33
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front 34 sleep spindles | back 34 compact frequent waves |
front 35 Agonists | back 35 Chemcals that mimic a neurotransmitter at the receptor cite |
front 36 Antagonist | back 36 Blocks or impedes the normal activity of a neurotransmitter at receptor cite |
front 37 Sleep Spindles | back 37 mediate many sleep-related functions, from memory consolidation to cortical development. |
front 38 K-complexes | back 38 few separate waves. a waveform seen on electroencephalography during the second stage (N2) of NREM sleep |
front 39 Alpha Waves | back 39 Brain waves that occur when you are sleep |
front 40 Beta Waves | back 40 Brain waves that occur when you are sleep |
front 41 slow wave sleep | back 41 electrical activity in the brain changes while the body relaxes into deep and restorative rest |
front 42 Deep Sleep | back 42 third stage of sleep, serves repairing and restorative functions |