Unit 4: Learning
Learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event to which we have a reaction
What is Classical conditioning?
our tendency to be more confident than correct
What is Overconfidence?
the physical, social, and behavioral characteristics that are culturally associated with male and female roles and identity.
What is gender?
refers to the idea that humans are motivated to reduce these drives, such as eating to reduce the feeling of hunger. This restores homeostasis, a steady internal state.
What is Drive-reduction theory?
identifies criteria to classify disorders
What is DSM (diagnostic statistic manual)?
in the absence of additional conditioning, a conditioned response comes back
What is Spontaneous recovery?
only see an object as having its intended use
What is Functional fixedness?
The intensity of an emotional response
What is Temperament?
what your body is naturally programmed to be weight wise
What is Body weight set point?
A psychologically induced loss of memory for personal information, like one’s identity. Usually the result of a stressful situation
What is Dissociative Amnesia?
The reward is given after an unspecified amount of time has passed
What is Variable interval?
The tendency to approach problems using a mindset (procedures and methods) that has worked previously.
What is Mental set?
process by which certain animals form attachments during critical period very early in life
What is Imprinting?
if stimulated causes organism to stop eating
What is Ventromedial hypothalamus?
Sufferers not only suffer from a lost sense of identity, they also flee their homes, jobs and families. While most episodes last only a few hours or days, it can last longer.
What is Dissociative fugue?
taking away an unwanted consequence in order to increase a behavior
What is Negative reinforcement?
a process by which synaptic connections between neurons become stronger with frequent activation
What is long-term potentiation?
causes smoking, drinking, nail biting (oral activity)
What is Oral fixation?
Body plus thoughts/label
Singer-Schachter/Two-factor theory
A disorder involving excessive worry about health and disease.
What is Hypochondriasis?
is when someone only responds to the CS
What is Discrimination?
exposed people to a 1/20th of-a-second view of a grid of letters, followed by a tone which told them which row of letters to pull from iconic memory and recall.
What is George Sperling?
2-7 years, developing language, begins egocentrism
What is Pre-operational stage?
convincing yourself that the opposite of what is actually true
What is Reaction formation?
term for schizophrenia symptoms that are erratic and do not it into one of the other categories, but are clear symptoms of the disorder
What is Undifferentiated type?