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Psychology Unit Four
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Situations where confabulation of memory is likely* | When you heard about the imagined event many times. The memory contains many details that make it seem real. The event is easy to remember. |
| Factors that influence our ability to read the facial expressions of others | Facial expressions vary in meanings in different cultures. |
| How memory being a reconstructive process can affect it* | It helps up to make room for more memories. The nature of this helps us remember so much and understand what we remember. |
| How damage to areas of the brain involved in processing emotion can affect us | It affects our ability to think, form memories, and use language. It also affects our ability to express, recognize, and feel different emotions. |
| Attachment theory of love | Secure- Unlikely to get jealous. Unlikely to worry. Compassionate. And forgiveness. Anxious-Worry a partner to leave. “Clingy” Resistant- Avoid intimate relationship. Uncomfortable being close to another |
| Triangular theory of love* | Intimacy-Allows individuals to become close by secrets. Passion-Allows to feel intense emotion toward another. Commitment-Expectation that relationships will be long lasting. |
| Types of memory stored in long-term memory | Procedural Declarative Semantic Episodic |
| Proximity and similarity and how they relate to choosing a romantic partner | Similarity-Attitudes and values. Beliefs & personality. Proximity-Typically choose romantic partner from pool of people who are close to us |
| Set point for weight | Small range of weight we typically hover around when we are not trying to gain or lose weight. Basal metabolism rate-rate at which our bodies typically burn calories for energy. Fat cells-cells that store fat for energy |
| Motivation to love and findings from brain scan studies | Passionate Love-Characterized by intense emotions and sexual passion Companionate love-Characterized by affection and trust. Significant others activate different areas of the brain than friends. Same areas are activated when seeing a photo of parent. |
| Mirror neurons | They help understand other emotions& empathize. |
| Mood contagion | When facial expressions of emotion influence the emotions of those around us. |
| Facial feedback | When we feel something and make a facial expression, the brain receives feedback as to what our facial muscles are doing (smiling but not smiling) |
| Hormones involved in stress | Epinephrine Norepinephrine |
| Hormones involved in love | Oxytocin-Formation of attachments. It is controlled by the hypothamuls and is secreted by pituitary gland. Affection between infants and caregivers. |
| Motivation | Internal processes that cause movement toward or away from something |
| Implicit and explicit memory | Implicit-Unconscious memory for procedures, skills, past experiences, etc. Explicit-Memory or events or items of information. |
| Procedural memory | They cannot be explained verbally, only through the performance of skills or activities |
| Types of memory strategies | Rehearsal-Rehearsing (Maintenance-Rote Repetition & Elaborative- Analyzing information in associate it with memories) Deep processing-Processing for meaning instead of physical feature. Mnemonics-Strategies to improve memory such as making analogies. |
| Potential reasons we forget* | Decay theory-Memories can fade over time if not used Replacement Theory-Old info is replaced by new info Interference Theory-Proactive and retroactive |
| Proactive and retroactive | Interference-Retroactive-Forgetting recently learned info interferes with similar info already known Proactive-Forgetting when previously stored info interferes with similar info learned recently |
| Genetic basis of obesity | Leptin-Protein involved in assessing fat reserves in body. Hypothalamus-Brain area involved in appetite control. |
| Environmental influences on obesity | Cultural influences. Foods we eat serving size, and exercise. |
| Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation | Extrinsic motivation-Pursuit of a goal or activity for external rewards such as money or fame Intrinsic motivation-Pursuit of goal or activity for its own sake |
| Areas of the brain involved in processing emotions | Right hemisphere feeling emotions. Left hemisphere-Processes meaning of emotions. Amygdale-Evaluates sensory information in regards to its emotional importance. Prefrontal cortex-to approach or retreat from a person or situation. |
| Information-processing model of memory | Information not attended to will not move through all three memory systems |
| Three-box model of memory | Sensory register-Information from senses take here directly and stored for a brief period. Working memory-Information worked on, mental strategies decide what is important to retain. Long term memory-Permanent knowledge is stored in an individual’s mind |
| Two types of love | Passionate Love-Characterized by intense emotions and sexual passion Companionate love-Characterized by affection and trust. |
| Priming and relearning and implicit memory | Priming-Giving a list of words, more likely to recall words from the list. Relearning-Compares the time required to relearn material with the time used in the initial learning of the material Implicit-unconscious memory for procedures, skills |
| Eating disorders | Anorexia Nervosa-an individual starves self-due to compulsive fear of being overweight. Bulimia-Individuals place self on strict diets and exercise excessively. |
| Source misattribution | When an individual is incorrect regarding the true source of information. Primary emotions |
| Primary emotions | Emotions we are born with. Fear. Anger. Joy. Sadness. Surprise. Disgust, Contempt. |
| Neurological difference between long-term and short-term memory* | Long-term-Changes neurons permanently, the response of neurons increases or decreases. Short-term-Alters neurons ability to release neurotransmitters temporarily. |
| Oxytocin* | Formation of attachments. Controlled by hypothalamus. It is released during birth. |
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