Classical & Operant Conditioning
What type of learning involves learning through the association of one stimulus with another to elicit a response?
Classical Conditioning
What is Social Learning?
Learning by observing others, also known as vicarious conditioning
What are attributions?
Explanations for behavior and mental processes.
A psychologist shows you some inkblots and asks what you see. What are these tests called?
Projective tests
Fear of crowded places, won't leave home. What disorder?
Agoraphobia
In Pavlov’s experiment, the food that naturally caused salivation.
Unconditioned Stimulus
Ava suddenly figures out a puzzle while watching TV. What concept explains his sudden realization?
Insight Learning
Mona is taking credit for good grades but blaming poor grades on difficult exams. What concept explains his differing explanations?
Self-serving bias
T/F True or false: If you're angry at your boss but go home and yell at your dog, that's called projection.
False
Genetics + stress = disorder. What model?
Diathesis-stress model
Mia stops giving treats to her dog, and her dog eventually stops sitting. What concept explains the change?
Extinction
What is it called when a person can navigate a city they've walked through before without needing directions?
Cognitive Maps
What is Attitude?
A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior
What do you call the humanistic idea of loving someone without conditions?
Unconditional positive regard
Has a positive, motivating stress. What is this stress called?
Eustress
What is Positive Reinforcement
Adding a desirable stimulus to increase a behavior
T/F Latent learning shows up right away, without needing any reward or reason.
False
Sophia believes her manager doesn't trust her, so she avoids challenges, and the manager gives her fewer responsibilities. What process causes her initial belief to become reality?
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Name two of the Big Five personality traits.
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
What are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
Alarm Reaction, Resistance Phase, Exhaustion Phase.