Psychologists
Intelligence
Learning
Memory
Mixed Bag
100
This scientist's name should ring a bell
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
100
The positive influence that listening to music or playing an instrument has on your cognitive abilities.
What is the Mozart Effect?
100
Any response to a stimulus that is automatic (does not require conscious thought).
What is a reflex?
100
Episodic, Generic, and _______ are the three TYPES of memory.
What is procedural?
100
The minimum IQ score to be considered a genius.
What is 130?
200
This man proposed the theory of 8 "multiple intelligences"
Who is Howard Gardner
200
The IQ test that improved on Stanford-Binet.
What are the Wechsler Scales?
200
An initially neutral stimulus that comes to produce a new response.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
200
______, storage, and retrieval are the three PROCESSES of memory.
What is encoding?
200
When a test is taken multiple times and yields similar results each time, it is said to be this.
What is reliable?
300
This behaviorist is the man behind "operant conditioning" and terrifying fish tanks for infants.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
300
When a test measures what it is supposed to measure, it is considered hold this.
What is validity?
300
This phenomenon allows your phobia to spread to similar objects.
What is stimulus generalization?
300
The two kinds of sensory memory.
What are iconic (visual) and echoic (auditory) memory?
300
After extinction, if the CR reappears seemingly out of nowhere, it is considered this.
What is a spontaneous recovery?
400
In his 2-factor theory of intelligence, S stands for Specific and G for General.
Who is Charles Spearman?
400
The ability to invent new solutions to problems or create ingenious materials that are both original and grounded in reality.
What is creativity?
400
Getting grounded for missing curfew is an example of this in operant conditioning.
What is negative punishment?
400
The tendency to recall the initial items in a series.
What is the primacy effect?
400
Pairing a pleasant stimulus with a fearful one in order to reduce phobias.
What is counterconditioning?
500
The man behind the "forgetting curve"
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus?
500
This pairing has the highest correlation between IQ scores.
What is identical twins raised together?
500
Learning that occurs but remains hidden until there is a need to use it.
What is latent learning?
500
The loss of memory of events prior to an injury.
What is retrograde amnesia?
500
This occurs when your brain blinds you momentarily to avoid motion blur from your eyes.
What is Saccadic masking?
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