Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.

Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

In a classic experiment, "Little Albert," a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of

Which form of learning would most likely be studied in an operant chamber (Skinner box)?

In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS?

When Pavlov placed food in the mouth's of dogs, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________.

John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________ in their study.

The learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that does not signal a CR is called

When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

The reappearance of a classically conditioned response after extinction has occurred.

What is an Operant Chamber or Skinner Box?

A little girl gets to eat dessert because she finished all the food on her plate. This is an example of:

Giving a treat to your dog every time it rolls over is called __.

Who linked taste aversions with classical conditioning?

Studies of latent learning highlight the importance of

Mirror neurons are believed by some scientists to provide a biological basis for

Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness. After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?

Sensation is to __________ as perception is to __________.

Given normal sensory abilities, a person standing atop a mountain on a dark, clear night can see a candle flame atop a mountain 30 miles away. This is a description of vision's:

Weber’s Law states that:

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

The process by which sensory information is converted into neural energy is:

Wavelength is to ___________ as ___________ is to brightness.

The size of the pupil is controlled by the:

Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye?

Assuming that the visual systems of humans and other mammals function similarly, you would expect that the retina of a nocturnal mammal (one active only at night) would contain:

The Young-Helmholtz Theory proposes that:

Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?

The Frequency Theory of hearing is better than Place Theory at explaining the sensation of:

The inner ear contains receptors for:

Kinesthesis involves:

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

Studying the road map before her trip, Colleen had no trouble following the route of the highway she planned to travel. Colleen’s ability illustrates the principle of:

Depth cues that only require one require one eye,

light-sensitive inner surface of the eye,containing the rods and cones, is the

A tone's highness or lowness; depends on frequency of wavelength

Simultaneously recognize color, shape, size, speed of an oncoming automobile best illustrates

In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated

Accommodation refers to the

These two appetite hormones send "I'm hungry" message.

A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep is called:

A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, where a person falls into REM sleep, treated by Amphetamines

A drug that slows down body functions (example-alcohol, barbiturates) is a(n)...?

Which scan would give us a view of the brain waves occurring during sleep?

Sleep spindles occur during which sleep stage?

Light striking the retina causes the _____ (a tiny neural center in the hypothalamus) to alter the production of melatonin production by the pineal gland.

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment defines:

According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream

What sleep disorder includes many periods or episodes during the night when the subject stops breathing? Some times hundreds of times per night.