Psych 2017/Exam 2

The SAT and the ACT are examples of an achievement test.

Controls language expression - directs the muscles movement involved in speech

Where reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer to desired behavior.

When the tone sounds again and again and no food. The dogs began to salivate less and less.

Cognitive learning is when we

Spreading out information and learning material over time and repeatedly testing yourself.

Child engages in two-word telegraphic speech

In Pavlov’s experiment, the time went from a neutral stimulus to a/an

Child enters one-word stage

When we remember exciting or shocking events.

An achievement test is a test that predicts a person’s future performance.

Processes explicit memories

The basic memory model is

A standardized test must be

We learn associations between our behavior and resulting events.

Emotionally Intelligent people

When we tend to recall the first and last items in a list.

Working memory processing area of the brain

Fill in the blank tests our

Tendency to search for support for your own views and ignore contradictory evidence

Multiple choice tests our

Wording a question or statement so that it evokes a desired response

Deep brain structures involved in motor movement

When the dog in Pavlov’s experiment responded to a new and different tone.

Inability to view problems from a new angle

Emotion-Related memory formation; the fear center

Plays an important part in forming and storing of implicit memories

Controls language reception

The three basic building blocks of language

That feeling if I’ve been there before

Memory is learning that has persisted over time.

Methodical rule or procedure that guarantees the solution

The wakening of associations

Learning is defined as acquiring new and enduring

Learning associations between events we do not control.

Sudden aha moment; instant realization to the solution

A mental group of similar things

Babbles many speech sounds (ah-goo)

Babbling resembles household language (ma-ma)