Learning
Sensation & Perception
Peeps
Disorders
Miscellaneous
100

Type of learning that occurs when individuals respond either to obtain a reward or avoid a punishment

What is Operant Conditioning?

100
Gustation
What is the sense of taste?
100
He theorized about the stages of identity v. role confusion and trust v. mistrust.
Who was Erik Erikson?
100
Disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction, combined with repetitive behaviors and interests.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
100
Gustation
What is the sense of taste?


200

This particular example of classical conditioning is also known as the Garcia effect.

What is learned taste aversion?

200
The sense of balance; its receptors are in the semi-circular canals of the inner ear.
What is vestibular sense?
200
He demonstrated that monkeys needed touch and physical comfort as much as food.
Who was Harry Harlow?
200
Disorder featuring obsessive thoughts about physical flaws which often do not exist
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
200
Theory of vision that explains after-images and color blindness.
What is opponent process theory?


300

Learning that is not outwardly expressed until the situation calls for it.

What is latent learning?

300
Minimum amount of stimulus needed to detect a stimulus and cause the neuron to fire 50% of the time
What is absolute threshold?
300
Important figure who conceptualized social learning by showing the power of modeling on behavior
Albert Bandura
300
Intense anxiety about being in open spaces, standing in line and using public transportation.
What is agoraphobia?
300
Debriefing, informed consent, voluntary participation, right to withdraw and confidentiality.
What are the ethical guidelines for psychological experiments?
400

Process that illustrates a neural basis for learning as synapses strengthen or grow as a result of learning

What is Long-Term Potentiation?

400
Monocular depth cue based on the perception that parallel lines seem to draw closer together as they recede into the distance
What is linear perspective?
400
She identified "styles of parenting," including authoritative, authoritarian and permissive.
Who was Diana Baumrind?
400
Disorder in which bodily symptoms such as impaired motor or sensory function are incompatible with neurological explanation
What is conversion disorder?
400
The group to which an experimenter is attempting to generalize his/her experiment.
What is the population?
500

Reinforcement schedule in which the reinforcement is presented at random times.

What is a variable-interval schedule?

500
Illusion of apparent motion.
What is the phi phenomenon?
500
She "counterconditioned" Peter to relieve him of his fear of rabbits.
Who was Mary Cover Jones?
500
Persistent pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
500
Measure of statistical significance, it indicates the degree to which an experimental outcome could have occurred due to chance.
P-value
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