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PSYC 1100 Lecture 1: 1/22/19

PSYC 1100 Lecture 2: Psych 1/24/19 (Updated)

Science is a process aimed at gaining a type of empirical knowledge. Lots of different types of knowledge: empirical and nonempirical. Empirical knowle

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intelligent Design, Determinism, Solipsism

Can we create laws for emotion, thought, cognition, etc. People"s opinion of this is based on their beliefs on other issues like: Evolution vs creation

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychophysical Parallelism, Solipsism, Epiphenomenalism

Materialism-- only made up of matter and energy (scientists" view) Solipsism-- only made up of our mind (real world is an illusion) (unpopular view) Du

PSYC 1100 Lecture 5: Psych 2/5/19

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peripheral Nervous System, Cranial Nerves, Spinal Nerve

Resting potential: inside neuron is -70mv (measurement of energy) with respect to outside of neuron. Due to different concentrations of ions inside and

PSYC 1100 Lecture 7: Psych 2_12_19

Central nervous system: bilateral symmetry so there are relational terms. Carries sensory information to brain through axonal tracts. If spinal cord is

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frontal Lobe, Basal Ganglia, Auditory Cortex

Nuclear structures (there are a lot but these are the important ones): Basal ganglia (clump of cells, involved in motor functions, when it loses dopami

PSYC 1100 Lecture 9: Psych 2_19_19

Left hemisphere controls right side of body, vice versa. Lot of functional symmetry, but also functional asymmetry of hemispheres. Damage to left front

PSYC 1100 Lecture 10: Psych 2_21_19

Generally have 24/25 hour natural cycle; naturally fall into cycle even without seeing sun. Don"t know why we evolved into this cycle or why certain ag

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sleep Paralysis, Nasal Cycle, Reticular Formation

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Absolute Threshold, Sound Intensity

Defined as detecting and discriminating different types and amounts of energies. Empiricists like locke and hume say all knowledge comes from the sense

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Visual Cortex, Sclera, Ciliary Muscle

Respond to physical energy and convert it into language for nervous system (nervous system only understands ions) Highly selective for types/ subtypes

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Color Vision, Rhodopsin, Retina

Duplicity theory of vision-- mammals have two types of vision, one used in the day, one used in the night. Much convergence and divergence to bipolar c

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Visual Cortex, Two-Streams Hypothesis, Receptive Field

Receptive field of a sensory neuron-- region of the receptor surface from which the neuron is either excited or inhibited. Hubel and weisel"s hierarchi

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Basilar Membrane, Auditory Cortex, Two-Streams Hypothesis

By the amplitude of vibration in the basilar membrane. This determines how hard the hair cells are pulled. Von helmholtz: place theory, based on resona

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Depth Perception, Stereopsis, Inferior Temporal Gyrus

Identical sensations can yield different perceptions (ex: ambiguous figures) Different sensations can yield identical/ constant perceptions (the. Const

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Tabula Rasa, Depth Perception

Perceptual abilities are passed down through genetics. If you can do something right after birth without any experiences, it must be from genetics (nat

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Tabula Rasa, Learning, Classical Conditioning

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Reinforcement, Latent Learning, Observational Learning

Partial reinforcement-- longer to acquire and extinguish, don"t get rewarded every time. Number of times you respond: number of rewards you get. Not to

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Mental Calculation

There are three stages of memory: encoding (getting information into the brain), storage (storing the information), and retrieval (remembering the info

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Implicit Memory

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Long-Term Potentiation, Nmda Receptor, Synaptic Plasticity

Engram-- physical change in the brain due to memories. Mass action: engram is distributed throughout the cortex, not just in one place. Some implicit m

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Stuffed Toy, Drive Theory, Rebar

Love motivates imprinting (and lots of other things) There is a critical period for developing an attachment to their mother. Ducks follow their mother

PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Blood Sugar, Drive Theory, Fluid Balance

Homeostasis-- the body"s tendency to keep a constant internal environment. Body wants to keep homeostatic mechanisms at their optimal level. Ex: body t