Psychology Exam Ch. 2,3,6

Which neurotransmitter is associated with Alzheimer's disease?

Accetylcholine

The __ connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

PNS

Which part of the neuron stores neurotransmitters?

Terminal buttons

The smallest intensity of a stimulus that you can detect 50 percent of the time is the

absolute threshold

A person's knowledge about the world is known as __ memory

autobiographical

Episodic also known as __; memories from one's personal experience

autobiographical

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of

behavior and mental process

Melanie is learning how to read Spanish by sounding out each word one letter at a time. Melanie is engaging in

bottom-up processing

Which part of the neuron collects and integrates info from other neurons?

dendrites

__ refers to auditory sensory memory, whereas __ refers to visual sensory memory.

echoic iconic

Refers to the process by which information gets into memory storage

encoding

According to the __ people have the ability to control their lives and are not simply controlled by the environment

humanistic approach

What is the second step in the scientific method?

hypothesize

A person suffering from retrograde amnesia will

lose past memories but make new ones

Refers to the retention of information or experience over time

memory

The eardrum is located in the

middle ear

Which type of neuron sends info from the brain to the outside world?

motor neurons

Endorphins are

neurotransmitters that function as natural opiates in producing pleasure and pain.

What's the first step in the scientific method?

observing

Retrieval is the memory process that

occurs when information that was retained in memory comes out of storage

__ is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense.

perception

A predisposition of readiness to perceive something in a particular way is known as

perceptual set

How to perform different skills, operations and actions (riding a bike)

procedural memory

Which techniques involve an analyst unlocking a person's unconscious conflicts by talking with the individual about his or her childhood memories, dreams, thoughts, and feelings?

psychoanalysis

Cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use information

schemas

Memories from knowledge about the world

semantic

While walking barefoot on the beach, the physical pain one experiences when stepping on a jellyfish accurately exemplifies

sensation

Which type of neuron sends info from the outside world to the brain?

sensory neurons

The factor that differentiates top-down processing from bottom-up processing is that, top-down..

starts with cognitive processing in the brain

What refers to the detection of information below the level of conscious awareness

subliminal perception

Refer to tiny spaces between neurons

synapses

Gestalt psychologists emphasize that

the whole is different from the sum of its parts

Dendrites are

treelike fibers which receive information and orient it toward the neuron's cell body

Anterograde amnesia

unable to make new memories