Psych/Soc exam
1. What wavelength penetrates deeper into the cochlea: Higher wavelength, smaller fre-
quency
2. 3 elements of feature detection: color, form, motion
3. What conveys info into auditory cortex: Medial geniculate nucleus
4. What cues are taken into account when perceptually organizing: depth, form,
motion, constancy
5. What is d' signal detection theory: Strength of signal
6. Pyschophysical testing: Assessing our perception of stimuli in relation to true physical properties
7. Organ of corti: basilar membrane, hair cells, and tectorial membrane
8. Proximal stimulus: stimulus registered by sensory receptors
9. TrpV1 receptor: Causes signaling for both heat and pain
,10. Weed has characteristics of what: Stimulants, hallucinogens, and depressants
11. What receptors do depressants act on: GABA
12. When does object permanence appear: Sensorimotor stage
13. When does sleepwalking usually occur?: N3
14. Spearman's general intelligence theory: Underlying g factor; person who scores high in one
area scores high in another
15. What abilities decline as people age: recall, episodic memory, processing speed, divided atten-
tion
16. 6 universal emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise
17. Things that can affect retrieval: Priming, context, state of mind
18. What do amphetamines do: trigger release of dopamine, and block its reuptake
19. Broadbents theory: Early selection; selectively filter sensory before sending to processing
,20. Deutsch and Deutsch: Process everything but selectively filter what you send to conscious
21. Piaget language development: Develop language because they want to explain thoughts
22. Sternbergs theory of intelligence: 3 types of intelligence: analytical, creative, practical
23. Vygotsky theory of language: Childrens desire to communicate with adults
24. Opiate interaction with CNS: Decrease function but also act as analgesic
25. Anomia: inability to name objects
26. Anterograde amnesia: an inability to form new memories
27. Aphasia: Disorder involved with language
28. Belief perserverance: Ignoring facts that challenge your beliefs
, 29. Brocas aphasia: Trouble speaking but can understand what people are saying
30. Conductin aphasia: Diflcult to repeat things said to you
31. Confirmation bias: Actively seeking out only things that confirm what you believe
32. Explicit memory: memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"
33. Global aphasia: When both production and understanding of language is damaged (wernickes and brocas)
34. Kluver-bucy syndrome: destruction of amygdala; results in decreased inhibition
35. Learned helplessness: Learn from having control taken from you that you have no control; unable to use
coping mechs
36. Thurnstones theory of primary mental abilities: 7 factors of intelligence
37. Practical intelligence: Ability to solve ill define problems
38. Proactive interference: Something from prior memory affects new learning
39. Retroactive interference: New learning impairs old info
1. What wavelength penetrates deeper into the cochlea: Higher wavelength, smaller fre-
quency
2. 3 elements of feature detection: color, form, motion
3. What conveys info into auditory cortex: Medial geniculate nucleus
4. What cues are taken into account when perceptually organizing: depth, form,
motion, constancy
5. What is d' signal detection theory: Strength of signal
6. Pyschophysical testing: Assessing our perception of stimuli in relation to true physical properties
7. Organ of corti: basilar membrane, hair cells, and tectorial membrane
8. Proximal stimulus: stimulus registered by sensory receptors
9. TrpV1 receptor: Causes signaling for both heat and pain
,10. Weed has characteristics of what: Stimulants, hallucinogens, and depressants
11. What receptors do depressants act on: GABA
12. When does object permanence appear: Sensorimotor stage
13. When does sleepwalking usually occur?: N3
14. Spearman's general intelligence theory: Underlying g factor; person who scores high in one
area scores high in another
15. What abilities decline as people age: recall, episodic memory, processing speed, divided atten-
tion
16. 6 universal emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise
17. Things that can affect retrieval: Priming, context, state of mind
18. What do amphetamines do: trigger release of dopamine, and block its reuptake
19. Broadbents theory: Early selection; selectively filter sensory before sending to processing
,20. Deutsch and Deutsch: Process everything but selectively filter what you send to conscious
21. Piaget language development: Develop language because they want to explain thoughts
22. Sternbergs theory of intelligence: 3 types of intelligence: analytical, creative, practical
23. Vygotsky theory of language: Childrens desire to communicate with adults
24. Opiate interaction with CNS: Decrease function but also act as analgesic
25. Anomia: inability to name objects
26. Anterograde amnesia: an inability to form new memories
27. Aphasia: Disorder involved with language
28. Belief perserverance: Ignoring facts that challenge your beliefs
, 29. Brocas aphasia: Trouble speaking but can understand what people are saying
30. Conductin aphasia: Diflcult to repeat things said to you
31. Confirmation bias: Actively seeking out only things that confirm what you believe
32. Explicit memory: memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"
33. Global aphasia: When both production and understanding of language is damaged (wernickes and brocas)
34. Kluver-bucy syndrome: destruction of amygdala; results in decreased inhibition
35. Learned helplessness: Learn from having control taken from you that you have no control; unable to use
coping mechs
36. Thurnstones theory of primary mental abilities: 7 factors of intelligence
37. Practical intelligence: Ability to solve ill define problems
38. Proactive interference: Something from prior memory affects new learning
39. Retroactive interference: New learning impairs old info
