REVIEW FOR EXAM 2

Chapter 3: PERCEPTION
Sensation vs. Perception
Psychophysics
Absolute Threshold, Difference Threshold
Signal Detection Theory, Sensory Adaptation
Cornea, Lens, Iris
Retina: Photoreceptors (rods, cones); optic nerve, fovea
Trichromatic Theory vs. Opponent-Process Theory
Stimulus Factors: proximity, similarity, & continuity
Ocular Cues (binocular): Retinal Disparity & Convergence
Physical cues (monocular): linear perspective, interposition, &
  relative size
Perceptual constancy (e.g., Size & Brightness Constancy)
HEARING: cochlea, basilar membrane, hair cells
Taste Buds, Hair Cells, Vestibular Senses, Kinesthetic Sense

Chapter 4 - CONSCIOUSNESS:
Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
EEG, Alpha & Beta waves
Stages of Sleep
  NREM: Stage 1, 2 (Sleep Spindles), 3, 4
  REM, Paradoxical Sleep, atonia
Hypnosis, Meditation
Psychoactive Drugs: Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens
  Marijuana

Chapter 5 - LEARNING:
Classical Conditioning: Unconditioned Stimulus, Unconditioned
  Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Conditioned Response
  Habituation, Extinction, Generalization, Discrimination, &
  spontaneous recovery
Operant Conditioning: Shaping, Positive & Negative Reinforcement,
  Fixed-Ratio, Fixed-Interval, Variable-Ratio, Variable-
  Interval, primary & secondary reinforcers, spontaneous
  recovery, positive & negative punishment
Social Learning
Cognitive Map
Latent Learning
Vicarious reinforcement, vicarious punishment