Which neurotransmitter is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system?
Biological Psychology
Question · Easy
The hippocampus plays a central role in which type of memory?
Long projection that sends messages away from a neuron's cell body.
Biological psychology
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Chapter 1: Neuroanatomy, Neural Transmission, and Neuroscience Methods
1.1 Cellular Neuroscience: Neurons, Action Potentials, and Synaptic Transmission
Study guide
In signal detection theory, a 'hit' is defined as:
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
Which brain structure is primarily responsible for coordinating fine motor movements and balance?
Fatty molecule that insulates some nerve fibers and helps signals travel faster and farther.
The refractory period in neuronal firing refers to the time during which:
Question · Medium
Which structure in the eye contains the photoreceptors (rods and cones)?
Inhibitory neurotransmitter that helps control muscle activity and is important in vision.
1.2 Functional Neuroanatomy: Brain Structures, Hemispheric Specialization, and Cortical Lobes
REM sleep is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
Broca's area is associated with which function?
Sleep stage that first appears about 90 minutes after falling asleep and includes most dreaming plus temporary limb paralysis.
Which hormone, released by the adrenal medulla during stress, prepares the body for 'fight or flight'?
The opponent-process theory of color vision was proposed to explain which phenomenon?
Learned behavior that dopamine-driven changes in neural connectivity make easier to repeat again and again without thinking.
Cognitive psychology
1.3 Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators, and Psychopharmacology
A researcher presents tones of varying intensities and asks participants to identify whether they heard the tone. Plotting the proportion of 'yes' responses as a function of intensity yields a psychometric function. This methodology is most consistent with which approach?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
The Wernicke-Geschwind model of language places Wernicke's area in which brain region?
Kind of brain circuit that reinforces pleasurable activities and is over-activated by drugs.
According to Weber's Law, the just noticeable difference (JND) between two stimuli is:
Damage to the amygdala in humans is most likely to impair which function?
Declarative ___: the encoding, storage, consolidation and retrieval of representations of facts and events.
1.4 The Endocrine System, Autonomic Nervous System, and Behavioral Genetics
In classical conditioning, the process by which a conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus is called:
Cognitive Psychology
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
In Baddeley's model of working memory, the component responsible for coordinating the slave systems and linking working memory to long-term memory is the:
Discrimination against an identifiable group, place, or nation that can discourage members from seeking treatment.
Social psychology
George Miller's classic 1956 paper suggested that the capacity of short-term memory is approximately:
The 'cocktail party effect' refers to the ability to:
Neurological and developmental condition that affects how people interact, communicate, learn, and behave.
Developmental psychology
1.5 Cognitive Neuroscience Methods, Lateralization Testing, and Neuroplasticity
Chomsky's concept of a 'language acquisition device' (LAD) emphasizes that:
Which experimental paradigm demonstrated that memory is reconstructive rather than reproductive? In Bartlett's (1932) studies, participants who read an unfamiliar Native American folk tale ('War of the Ghosts') and reproduced it later tended to:
Infant vocalization with long and short groups of sounds such as "tata" and "bibibi".
The levels-of-processing model (Craik & Lockhart, 1972) proposes that memory retention depends primarily on:
In Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, 'practical intelligence' corresponds to which component?
Five-domain measure whose fifth edition was normed on 2,200 examinees aged 6:0–16:11.
Chapter 2: Sensation and Perception
2.1 Psychophysics, Sensory Thresholds, and Signal Detection Theory
Which cognitive bias causes people to over-rely on the first piece of information they encounter when making judgments?
Which of the following best describes 'functional fixedness' as a barrier to problem-solving?
Standard U.S. classification system for psychiatric conditions, now in its fifth text-revised edition.
Clinical psychology
The Stroop effect demonstrates that:
Milgram's (1963) obedience studies found that approximately what percentage of participants delivered the maximum (450-volt) shock to a confederate?
Social Psychology
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