Conditioning
Language
Learning
Memory
Motivation & Emotion
100
Responding to a second stimulus that is similar to the CS (conditioned stimulus)
What is generalization?
100
A label used to represent a class of objects or events
What is a concept?
100
This is often called an "aha" moment
What is insight?
100
A grouping device associated with short-term memory
What is chunking?
100
Harry Harlow's experiment with baby monkeys showed they preferred this
What is the cloth mother?
200
An unpleasant consequence that decreases the frequency of the response
What is punishment?
200
This means thinking about thinking?
What is metacognition?
200
When you can pick out a former teacher's name from a list
What is recognition?
200
Matina Horner found that the greatest fear of success was among this group of people
What are women of above average intelligence?
300
Learning from the consequences of behavior
What is operant conditioning?
300
"Mass remains constant despite changes in appearance" is an example of this
What is a rule?
300
A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
What is learning?
300
The number of items psychologist George Miller said is the limit of short-term memory
What is seven items, plus or minus two?
300
Abraham Maslow developed this to explain motivation
What is the "hierarchy of needs?"
400
In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus elicits this
What is an automatic response?
400
A child who speaks in sentences, but does not use articles or prepositions is exhibiting this
What is telegraphic speech?
400
Learning by watching someone else is called this
What is observational learning?
400
Being able to pick out the sound of a musical instrument you've heard before
What is recognition?
400
Studies on obese people found they response to these
What are external cues to eat?
500
A regulated method for rewarding specific behaviors
What is a schedule of reinforcement?
500
Rules for language
What is semantics?
500
Small, incremental changes in behavior that result in the desired behavior
What is shaping?
500
The three types of memory
What are sensory, short-term, and long-term?
500
The tendency of an organism to return to or maintain a normal state
What is homeostasis?
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