Learning
Development
Peeps
States of Consciousness
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100

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

What is Operant Conditioning?

100

First stage of cognitive development when the infant acquires object permanence

What is the sensorimotor stage?

100

He theorized about the stages of identity v. role confusion and trust v. mistrust.

Who was Erik Erikson?

100

This brain structure is important in controlling sleep and wakefulness.

What is the reticular formation?

100

The process of getting information out of memory storage

What is retrieval?


200

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

What is learned taste aversion?

200

Close emotional bond between infant and caregiver, studied by Ainsworth and Harlow

What is attachment?

200

Behaviorist who demonstrated that fear can be conditioned.

Who was John Watson?

200

Brain technology that measures brain wave activity, used in detecting seizures and sleep disorders.

What is an EEG (electroencephalogram)?

200

Memory aids such as method of loci or peg word system

What is a mnemonic device?


300

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

What is latent learning?

300

An infant's natural disposition to show a particular mood at a particular intensity

What is temperament?

300

He conceptualized social learning by showing the power of modeling on behavior

Who is Albert Bandura?

300
Sleep disorder with temporary stoppages of breathing, interrupting sleep throughout the night

What is sleep apnea?

300

Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli

What is iconic memory?

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

Parenting style that sets no firm guidelines and tends to give in to the demands of the child

What is permissive parenting?

400

She continues to research the effects of misinformation and reconstruction of memory.

Who is Elizabeth Loftus?

400

Altered state of consciousness characterized by deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility.

What is hypnosis?

400

Memory of facts and experiences that one consciously knows and can verbalize

What is explicit (declarative) memory?

500

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

What is a variable-interval schedule?

500

A newborn will arch his back, fling out his arms and legs and then retract them in this newborn response to the sensation of being dropped

What is the Moro or startle reflex?

500

He identified the zone of proximal development and explained the importance of scaffolding.

Who was Lev Vygotsky?

500

The remembered story line of a dream

What is the manifest content?

500

An increase in the synapse's firing potential involving increased efficiency of signals sent across the synapses due to repeated stimulation

What is long-term potentiation?

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