Psychology 201 - Second Exam

When you can't recognize the correct stop sign, it is called...

Which brain area is responsible for long-term memory?

If you want to train a cat to use the toilet, you need....

What makes punishment more effective?

Observational learning includes

Learning by association

The "aha" moment is called insight

How many associations does it take to develop a taste aversion?

Information that is superficially processed will be remembered more efficiently and for longer

What do you need to teach an animal to accomplish a desired goal?

The degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure is called validity

Thinking about objects only in terms of their typical functions

Connecting new information with known information by making it meaningful in some way

The ability to deal with new and different concepts/come up with new ways of solving problems

Learning based on consequences

An involuntary response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus is called

If Albert only responds to the white rabbit and nothing else, what does that demonstrate?

Snapping fingers in the Pavlov dog example demonstrates what?

Declarative memory is memory for facts.

A concept that closely matches the defining characteristics of that concept

Billy stole his mom's credit card, so she took away his phone. This is an example of....

The number of responses required for reinforcement is different for each trial or event

What is the "magic number" for bits of information you can hold in your STM?

When older information prevents or interferes with the retrieval of newer information

The theory that thought processes and concepts are controlled by language is called

A pop quiz is an example of

Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice is called

You want to test in the same room you learned the information due to

Fred received extra money for his dedication at work

Visual sensory memory that lasts only a fraction of a second

The best way to remember information for an exam is to use...

The loss of memory from the point of injury or trauma forward

You have to press the lever 10 times to receive the reward

The disappearance or weakening of a learned response

The rats on the second group of Tolman's maze experiment demonstrated

The triarchic theory of intelligence includes

Declarative memory containing general knowledge

The aspects of language involving the practical ways of communicating with others

What does the "guess my rule" exercise demonstrate?

The "tip of the tongue" phenomenon is known as retrieval failure

Automatic encoding occurs because an unexpected event has strong emotional associations

Knowledge of how to ride a bike is part of...

A tendency to fail to act to escape from a situation because of a history of repeated failures

The bell in pavlov's dog story is considered:

The smallest units of meaning within a language

The anagram exercise demonstrated

Breaking information down into bits to be able to remember it is called

Nondeclarative memory involves memory for conditioned responses

What is the S factor in Spearman's theory?

The tendency to remember the end of a body of information better than the information before it

"Street smarts"

A problem seen as having only one answer is called convergent thinking

If recall has failed, it is known as storage failure

Antergorade amnesia is loss of memory from the point of injury or trauma backward

Giftedness includes an IQ score starting at what?

The average IQ score is

Repeating the same problem-solving patterns that you have in the past:

A punch card for a free meal after the 5th purchase is considered

Estimating the likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to recall relevant information

The amount of time that must pass before reinfrocement becomes possible is always the same