educated guess that is posed as an if-then statement

nerve cells

The organization and interpretation of sensations

Learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that naturally produces a behavior

Knowledge or experiences that can be consciously remembered

method of gathering information by distributing questionnaires

chemicals such as acetylcholine and dopamine

Awareness resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ

stimulus that causes an automatic response

Explicit memory about our knowledge of facts and concepts about the world

method of observation of people in their regular lives, i.e. kids on a playground

part of the hindbrain, involved in heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing (if you hurt me, you DIE!)

The intensity of a stimulus that allows an organism to just barely detect it

when a conditioned response stops occurring

The process by which we place the things that we experience into memory

the process of repeating an experiment to test for objectivity and accuracy

structure that connects the two hemispheres of the brain

minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli

act of responding in the same way to stimuli that seem similar

The fact that learning is better when the same amount of studying is spread out over periods of time than it is when it occurs closer together or at the same time

the whole group that is the subject of a study

makes possible learning of complex information and abstract thinking

tendency to perceive objects as keeping their color even if changing light alters the appearance of their color

Learning that is not reinforced and not demonstrated until there is motivation to do so

repeated repetition of information to help the learning process