Welcome to Psychology Section 2

Section Contents
Continue studying sections of the ear. Sound receptors, frequencies, amplitude, and the frequency theory of hearing. The unconscious wish fulfillment theory. Dreams for survival theory. The activation synthesis theory. Thorndike's Law of Effect. The cognitive learning theory. The gate control theory of pain. What are pheromones? Olfactory cells and the nose. The life cycle of taste buds. How to treat pain? Cognitive restructuring, surgery, and medication. Gestalt laws of organization, depth perception, proximity, and simplicity. Top down and bottom up processing. Cues, motion parallax, relative size, linear perspective, and visual illusions. Cultural differences and their influences on the brain. The interactions of the brain during sleep. The latent content of dreams. Rapid eye movement. Evolutionary perspective. AIM and DARE. Insomnia, sleep apnea, and night terrors. Children and sleep. Narcolepsy and daydreaming. Psychoactives drugs, depressants, addictive drugs, and muscle relaxation. Drug use and drug abuse. Classical conditioning, condition stimulus, uncondition stimulus, and operant conditioning. Spontaneous recovery and stimulus generalization. Different reinforcements and scheduling reinforcers. Positive and negative punishments. Stimulus control training, biological constraints, and behavior modification program. Observational learning, cognitive mapping, and learning styles. Short and long term memory. Encoding, and retrieval. Chunk, rehearsal, and working memory.


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Psychology A11

The basilar membrane contain hair cells and sense receptors for sound.


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Psychology A12

Cell damage in which a substance is transmitted to the brain.


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Psychology A13

Distance can be percieved with the ability to view the world in three dimensions.


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Psychology A14

Stage 4 is the deepest stage of sleep.


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Psychology A15

An infant may become a victim to sudden death infant syndrome.


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Psychology A16

The effects of consuming amphetamines are : loss of apetite, increase in energy and alertness, and mood elevation


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Psychology A17

Ecstasy effects memory and enhances mood.


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Psychology A18

Reinforcement is the process of a stimulus, that increases the chance of the behavior to reoccur


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Psychology A19

Ecstasy effects memory and enhances mood.


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Psychology A20

Encoding is the process of being able to record