AAMC MCAT P/S
shadowing task - Answer: two different sounds projecting into different ears.
You're asked to repeat the sounds heard by one ear
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Selective attention - Answer: ability to maintain attention while being presented
with masking or interfering stimuli
divided attention - Answer: attention is a limited resource. Can't split it very well.
Doing 2x at once, you end up switching between tasks rather than doing them
simultaneously.
Occurs when an individual must perform two tasks which require attention,
simultaneously
Joint attention - Answer: focusing of attention on an object by two separate
individuals
directed attention - Answer: allows attention to be focused sustainably on a single
task, in case a single orientation of the Necker cube
attention - Answer: focus/concentrating on something at the exclusion of the
other stimuli in the environment
Exogenous/external cues - Answer: Used in selective attention
don't have to tell ourselves to look for them in order for them to capture our
attention
ex: bright colors, loud noises
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exogenous attention - Answer: bottom-up processing/ external events
endogenous cues/ internal cues - Answer: require internal knowledge to
understand the cue and the intention to follow it
Driven by top-down or internal events
ex: cocktail effect - ability to concentrate on one voice amongst a crowd. When
someone calls your name)
covert orienting - Answer: the act of bringing the spotlight of attention on an
object or event without body or eye movement
Overt orienting - Answer: a person turns all or part of the body to alter or
maximize the sensory impact of an event
Sensory memory - Answer: The first stage of input where you first interact with
information in your environment. You have two types: iconic - what you see....
echoic - what you hear)
hypothalamus - Answer: part of the limbic system; it regulates the ANS (fight or
flight vs rest and digest). It controls endocrine system by triggering hormones like
epinephrine/norepinephrine; responsible for hunger, sleep, thirst, sex
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It regulates many of the body's metabolic processes, thirst, hunger, and body
temperature
Essentially deals with homeostatic equilibrium
hippocampus - Answer: part of the temporal lobe; involves in memory formation
Convert short term memory to long term memory. If it is destroyed, you cannot
form new memories (this is known as anterograde amnesia)
frontal lobe - Answer: Motor cortex (body movements)
This is where complex thinking occurs
Thalamus - Answer: sensory relay station, everything you hear/taste/etc.
**Smell is only one that bypasses the thalamus and goes to areas closer to
amygdala
Why is continuous reinforcement the best for the beginning of the acquisition
phase of operant conditioning? - Answer: The schedule unambiguously informs
the subject which behavior is correct;
shadowing task - Answer: two different sounds projecting into different ears.
You're asked to repeat the sounds heard by one ear
, AAMC MCAT P/S
Selective attention - Answer: ability to maintain attention while being presented
with masking or interfering stimuli
divided attention - Answer: attention is a limited resource. Can't split it very well.
Doing 2x at once, you end up switching between tasks rather than doing them
simultaneously.
Occurs when an individual must perform two tasks which require attention,
simultaneously
Joint attention - Answer: focusing of attention on an object by two separate
individuals
directed attention - Answer: allows attention to be focused sustainably on a single
task, in case a single orientation of the Necker cube
attention - Answer: focus/concentrating on something at the exclusion of the
other stimuli in the environment
Exogenous/external cues - Answer: Used in selective attention
don't have to tell ourselves to look for them in order for them to capture our
attention
ex: bright colors, loud noises
, AAMC MCAT P/S
exogenous attention - Answer: bottom-up processing/ external events
endogenous cues/ internal cues - Answer: require internal knowledge to
understand the cue and the intention to follow it
Driven by top-down or internal events
ex: cocktail effect - ability to concentrate on one voice amongst a crowd. When
someone calls your name)
covert orienting - Answer: the act of bringing the spotlight of attention on an
object or event without body or eye movement
Overt orienting - Answer: a person turns all or part of the body to alter or
maximize the sensory impact of an event
Sensory memory - Answer: The first stage of input where you first interact with
information in your environment. You have two types: iconic - what you see....
echoic - what you hear)
hypothalamus - Answer: part of the limbic system; it regulates the ANS (fight or
flight vs rest and digest). It controls endocrine system by triggering hormones like
epinephrine/norepinephrine; responsible for hunger, sleep, thirst, sex
, AAMC MCAT P/S
It regulates many of the body's metabolic processes, thirst, hunger, and body
temperature
Essentially deals with homeostatic equilibrium
hippocampus - Answer: part of the temporal lobe; involves in memory formation
Convert short term memory to long term memory. If it is destroyed, you cannot
form new memories (this is known as anterograde amnesia)
frontal lobe - Answer: Motor cortex (body movements)
This is where complex thinking occurs
Thalamus - Answer: sensory relay station, everything you hear/taste/etc.
**Smell is only one that bypasses the thalamus and goes to areas closer to
amygdala
Why is continuous reinforcement the best for the beginning of the acquisition
phase of operant conditioning? - Answer: The schedule unambiguously informs
the subject which behavior is correct;
