PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Classical Conditioning, Circadian Rhythm, Dream Interpretation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: John Weekes

Document Summary

Note: this is intended as a general guide to help focus your studying efforts. You are still responsible for reading the assigned chapters and attending the lectures. It will cover the lectures and assigned readings since the second midterm: chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8. (or, if you prefer, chapters 6, 7, 8 & 5) Reminder: there will not be any questions that test your knowledge of dates. And how do we measure brain activity: you can ignore the featured study on merits of unconscious thought (page 203), sleep. What happens when circadian rhythms become desynchronized: dreaming and dream interpretation. What are they, and how do they affect behaviour? (tolerance, dependence, addiction, etc. ) Definitions and theories: habituation, classical (pavlovian) conditioning (know all the parts and basic principles), including usc, cs, ucr, cr, neutral stimulus, acquisition, extinction, spontaneous. Blocking, types of crs, conditioned emotional responses and physiological responses, Types of stimuli, types of reinforcers, types of reinforcement and punishment,