Learning
The process by which an organism learns a new association between two stimuli—a neutral stimulus and one that already evokes a reflexive response—is called this.
Classical Conditioning
Your accuracy improves with this, in which you receive significant hints about the material.
Cued Recall
This is the tendency to respond to and remember some stimuli more than others.
attention
The power of reasoning and using information is called this.
Fluid Intelligence
This is the subjective experience of perceiving oneself and one’s surroundings.
Consciousness
The process that establishes or strengthens a condi- tioned response is called this.
Acquisition
A method of testing memory is this, someone chooses the correct item among several options.
Recognition
This is characterized by easy distraction, impulsiveness, moodiness, and failure to follow through on plans.
ADD
This consists of acquired skills and knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge in specific situations.
Crystallized Intelligence
The brain is considered this when it shows no activity and no response to any stimulus.
dead
Of several responses made to the same situation, those which are accompanied or closely followed by satisfaction to the animal will, other things being equal, be more firmly connected with the situation, so that, when it recurs, they will be more likely to recur. This is known as the law of what.
Law of Effect.
When you are asked to generate words, without necessarily regarding them as memories is called this.
Implicit Memory
This results from fetal alcohol expo- sure, lead poisoning, epilepsy, or emotional stress.
ADHD
They have a variety of physical and medical impairments as a result of having an extra copy of chromosome #21.
Down Syndrome patient
This is a period of discomfort and inefficiency while your internal clock is out of phase with your new surroundings.
Jet Lag
In operant conditioning, this occurs if responses stop producing rein- forcements.
extinction
Memory of principles and facts is called this.
Semantic Memory
The tendency to assume that if we easily think of examples of a category, then that category must be common.
Availability Heuristic
This refers to people more than two standard deviations below average, corresponding to an IQ score of 68 or 70, depending on the test.
Mentally Challenged or Mentally Disabled.
This occurs when you fail to breathe for a minute or more and then wake up gasping for breath.
Sleep Apnea
They learn most readily during a sensitive period early in the first year of life.
Males or Boys.
Forgetting when, where, or how you learned something is called this.
Source Amnesia
This is a genetic condition characterized by mental retardation in most regards but surprisingly good use of language relative to their other abilities.
Williams Syndrome
This is the process of evaluating the questions, establishing rules for ad- ministering a test, and interpreting the scores.
Standardization
This is a condition of focused attention and increased suggestibility that occurs in the context of a special hypnotist–subject relationship.
Hypnosis