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Conditioning
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2007

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Learning
Definition
is a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
Definition

A Form of learning in which reflex responses are associated with new stimuli. 

Ring bell, present food, dog eats food 

 Ivan Pavlov

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Operant Conditioning
Definition
Learning based on the consequences of responding
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Conditioned Emotional Responses
Definition
Emotional response that has been linked to a previously non-emotional stimulus by classical conditioning
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Sensory Analysis
Definition
Process of separating sensory information into important elements.
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Perceptual Features
Definition
Basic elements of a stimulus
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Sensory Coding
Definition
Codes are used by sense organs to transmit information to the brain
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Sensation
Definition
Sensory impressions and the process of detedting physical engergies with sense organs
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Perception
Definition
Mental process of organizing sensations into meaningful patterns
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Depth Perception
Definition
Ability to see three- Dimensional Space and to accurately judge distances

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Depth Cues
Definition
Perceptual features of a stimulus that five us information about distance
o    Muscular cues
o    Stereoscopic vision
o    Pictorial cues

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Muscular Cue
Definition
Accommodation- The muscles that control the lens sense changes and signal the brain to help us judge distances
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Stereoscopic Vision
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Pinna
Definition
Outside visible part of the ear. Funnels sound waves into ear
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Tymanic Membrane
Definition
ear drum. Thin membrane just inside the ear
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Auditory Ossicles
Definition
Small bones inside the ear affected by vibration of ear drum
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Cochlea
Definition
Snail shaped organ containing fluid. Vibration of the occisles causes waves in the fluid
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Organ of Corti
Definition
Center part of cochlea. Contains little hairs that send nerve impulses to the auditory nerve
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Frequency Theory
Definition
As the pitch rises the nerve impulses of the same frequency flow into the auditory nerve
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Place Theory
Definition
Higher and lower tones excite specific parts of the cochlea causing a difference in frequency. over 4,000 hertz.
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Conduction Deafness
Definition
The sound is poorly carried from ear drum to inner ear. Can be fixed through hearing Aides
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Nerve Deafness
Definition
Affects the Hair cells of the auditory nerve is going to be damaged
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Somesthetic Senses
Definition
Responsible for sensations produced by the skin, muscles, oints, viscera, and organs of balance
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Skin Senses
Definition
Feelings of light touch, pressure, pain, heat, and cold
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Kinesthetic Senses
Definition
Detect Body position and movement
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Vestibular Senses
Definition
Recoptors ininner ear that sense balance, gravity, and acceleration
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Shaping
Definition
Gradually molding responses to a final desired pattern
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