Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Other Forms of Learning
Memory
Misc
100
Pavlov's original experiment involved this animal and this stimulus
What are a dog and a bell/tone.
100
This man with a giant forehead is considered the father of Operant Conditioning
Who is B.F. Skinner
100
This is the type of learning that occurs in school or other dedicated educational scenarios
What is Cognitive learning
100
This is the "magic number" for the amount of new information that can be put into long term memory at once
What is 7, + or - 2
100
This brain structure is tied to almost every form of memory
What is the hippocampus
200
This is what the neutral stimulus becomes after the conditioning process.
What is a/the Conditioned Stimulus
200
If a response to a behavior decreases the likelihood of the behavior to happen again by removing something pleasant, it is called this operant conditioning term
What is Negative Reinforcement
200
This type of learning is how people, especially children, learn behaviors by watching others and utilizing their mirror neurons
What is Observational Learning
200
This is the term used to describe an inability to recall previously stored memories or store new memories
What is Amnesia
200
B.F. Skinner used a Slot Machine to describe this type of reinforcement schedule.
What is a Variable Ratio
300
This classical conditioning scientist went into advertising, and is responsible for the psychology of most modern ads.
Who is John Watson
300
This is the "most important" schedule of reinforcement you should know
What is a Variable Ratio schedule
300
Studies have shown that children who are more exposed to violence in media tend to act more _________ at home and at school.
What is Aggressive (Not necessarily Violent)
300
THis is the "stage" of memory that lasts less than a second, and leads information into short-term memory
What is Sensory Memory
300
This "effect" describes our ability to remember the first few and last few items in a list better than the items in the middle
What is the Serial-Position Effect
400
This "effect" explains that we are more likely to associate a feeling of sickness with a previously consumed food in classical conditioning
What is the Garcia Effect
400
Rewarding behaviors that get the subject closer and closer to the desired result is known as this process (remember teaching the cat to use the toilet)
What is Shaping
400
This term describes learning that only surfaces when it is time to be used or displayed
What is Latent Learning
400
Dr Loftus says that many eyewitnesses do not remember events correctly due to this "effect"
What is the misinformation effect
400
Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events in someone's life are called THIS type of memory
What is Flashbulb
500
This is the term used to describe what happens when the conditioned stimulus no longer elicits the conditioned response.
What is extinction
500
A child throws a tantrum, and the parents rush over to calm the child down, and give it extra attention. The child now throws more temper tantrums. This principle of operant conditioning describes what has happened.
What is Positive Reinforcement.
500
This scientist's study on observational learning involved children and their interactions with a inflatable "Bobo" doll
Who is Bandura
500
This describes the issue that occurs when previously stored information prevents new information from being encoded or recalled correctly
What is proactive interference
500
This is the type of memory rehearsal/practice recommended for retaining information by studying for 15 minutes a night over the course of several weeks (instead of "cramming" for hours the night before)
What is Distributed Practice
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