Psych 10 - Pre-Midterm

Expert Blind Spot

Barnum Effect

Evolution of Psychology

Institutional Review Boards

Why is testing ourselves so good for our memories?

Retrograde vs Anterograde Amnesia

Broca's vs Wernick's Aphasia

Which side of the brain controls which side of your body?

Bottom Up Processing vs Top Down Processing

Transduction

Weber's Law

Cones vs Rods

Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Color Theory

Opponent Process Theory

Gestalt Principles

Monocular Cues

Prosopagnosia

Achromatopsia

Classical Conditioning; the three steps and stimuli?

Generalization vs Discrimination

Classical vs Operant Conditioning

Thorndike's Law of Effect and the 4 kinds (reinforcement or punishment)

What type of reinforcement is the strongest? (fixed/variable and interval (time) /ratio (amount))

Critical lures and their effects?

schemas

Declarative vs Non Declarative Memory

Declarative: episodic vs semantics

Flashbulb Memory

Hind Brain

Subcortical Structures

Brain Lobes