(from Module 7)
Consciousness;alterations in consciousness; automatic vs controlled
processes
biological clocks & rhythms, circadian rhythms & their
biological
basis
suprachiamatic nucleus, melatonin
How sleep research is done, what measures are used
EEG and sleep (beta, alpha, delta, REM and NonREM (or slow wave
sleep))
Stages of sleep thru the night
Sleep disorders (insomnia, apnea, narcolepsy,nightmares vs night
terrors,REM
behavior disorder; treatments )
Theories about the function of sleep and the function of dreaming
NOTE: WE WILL COVER SAD LATER IN THE SEMESTER
(from Module 4 + extra pages)
What biopsychology/physiological psychology/psychobiology is?
The divisions of the nervous system (CNS, PNS, somatic vs autonomic,
sympathetic vs parasympathetic)?
the structure and basic function of neurons (dendrites, cell body,
axon, axon terminals or terminal buttons, myelin sheath,
synapse, synaptic vesicles, receptors, nerve impulse); glial cells
basic neurotransmitters and the behaviors/disorders they relate to
(ACh, NE, DA, serotonin, GABA, endorphin)?
What is Fragile X syndrome? Anencephaly?
The parts of the brain and their basic function (medulla, reticular
formation or reticular activating system, pons,
cerebellum, hypothalamus, pituitary, thalamus, hippocampus,
amygdala,
limbic system, basal ganglia, frontal lobe, parietal
lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, motor cortex, somatosensory
cortex,
visual cortex, auditory cortex, corpus callosum,
Broca's area, Wernicke's area, association cortex)?
What behaviors might be affected if each of these were damaged?
Research methods in biopsychology (lesion, stimulation, EEG, CAT or
CT scan, MRI scan (structural and functional),
PET scan)?
frontal lobotomy; visual agnosia; neglect syndrome; aphasias(Broca's
and Wernicke's)
Split brain research, focal epilepsy, right-left hemisphere
differences
in function?
Study the brain areas and functions and neurotransmitters on your
Brain Notes homework.
(from Modules 11 and 12 - Memory
and Forgetting)
encoding, storage and retrieval
characteristics of sensory memory,
short-term memory (STM), and long-term memory (LTM)
iconic and echoic memories
duration and capacity of different types
of memory
chunking
maintenance vs. elaborative rehearsal,
importance of distributed practice
serial position effect (primacy and
recency effects)
recall vs recognition tests of memory
retrograde amnesia vs anterograde
amnesia
categories of long-term memories
(declarative (episodic & semantic) and nondeclarative
(procedural)
network theory of LTM memory
organization
automatic and effortful encoding
techniques to improve encoding
tips for avoiding “forgetting”
retroactive vs proactive interference
state-dependent memories
reconstructive nature of memories
motivated forgetting (suppression vs
repression)
false memories
distortions in eye witness testimony
brain mechanisms of memory
role of the hippocampus, amygdala,
cerebellum and cortex in memory