PSYCH 100 Study Guide - Psych, Absolute Threshold, Subjective Constancy
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*your exam will have 50 mc questions and covers chapters 3, 6, 7, and 8. Understand the absolute threshold and the difference threshold. Understand how the human visual system works (including the parts of the eye and how they function) Understand the two theories of color vision. Understand the gestalt principles of visual organization (ex: proximity, similarity etc. ) and the rules of perceptual constancy. Know the key monocular and binocular depth cues. Be familiar with pain-gate theory of pain perception. Know all of the stages of sleep (both rem and non-rem) including brain waves associated with each stage. Be familiar with the basic categories of psychoactive drugs. Understand classical conditioning and be able to apply the terms to examples. Understand operant conditioning and be able to apply the terms to examples. Understand how extinction occurs in both cc and oc. Be familiar with the bobo doll experiment.
