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Every morning, you smell your coffee brewing, you drink your coffee and then you feel more awake. Over time, your brain links the smell of coffee with the energizing effect of caffeine, so that when you smell your brewing coffee your brain naturally becomes slightly more alert- before you even drink it! Which is the conditioned stimulus?

Memory fades more slowly at first and then very quickly over time. 

Positive reinforcement can feel pleasurable because of the “pleasure centers” in our brain that respond to it. What neurotransmitter is associated with feelings of pleasure? 

Fast-decaying store of visual information

Which describes the property of consciousness unity in action? 

Extreme sleep loss can be fatal. 

Mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness and keeps them the unconscious.    For example, a veteran goes through a traumatic experience during the war and while in therapy, the psychologist notices that this memory has been “blacked out” for the veteran. He can not recall the day of the incident at all (likely because it was so traumatic and uncomfortable).    What is responsible for this? 

Parents assign difficult new chores after teen is stopped for speeding in his new car. What is this an example of? 

Inability to retrieve old information (What happened prior to a car accident)

Tendency to reconstruct the past to fit the present. For example, someone might believe they’ve always been a health-conscious person, even if they previously ate mostly junk food.