Know all about the following and you should do quite well…if you’ve been to class. In addition, make sure you know the key points of all our DVD spots shown in class.
Part I
• How might drugs and food be similar in their effects on the brain?
• Where are your three tiny ear bones located?
• All sensory systems of the human system—vision, touch, hearing, etc.
• What is sensation and its definition?
• What is escape-avoidance conditioning and can you give a human example?
• Why do your eyes quiver?
• What is kinesthesis?
• Why did Albert’s fear extend beyond the fuzzy rabbit to include other fuzzy white objects (remember the little baby I described in class while discussing classical conditioning?)?
• What is a gestalt and what are the gestalt principles guiding vision?
• What are the purposes of REM sleep?
• What does it mean to be a smart/critical drug user according to our lecture in class?
• How might our age and/or smoking and drinking influence our sense of taste?
• Know all of Dr. Volkow’s key points in her interview;
• What is the difference between punishment and a negative reinforcer and give examples of each?
• What are the differences between the major three learning paradigms?
• Why can you see in color and why can you perceive depth?
• What effect does intermittent reinforcement have on a conditioned response?
• Why is their truth in the adage “sleeping like a baby?”
• What is bias in perception literature and what evidence do you have for it as applies to human systems?
• What is BF Skinners take on human “free will?”
• Why might fog lights help driving safety?
• What is likely to happen to a child’s perception of a toy if you pay them to play with it and why?
• What is the difference between bottom-up and top-down processing?
• What is figure-ground perception?
• What evidence is there for children
