Learning
This type of learning occurs when an organism forms an association between two stimuli.
classical conditioning
These mental representations help people organize information into categories and understand the world.
concepts
This brain structure is involved with fear and aggression?
what is the amygdala?
This psychologist conducted the famous Bobo doll experiment to study how children learn aggressive behavior.
Albert Bandura
This basic taste is often described as savory and is associated with amino acids.
what is umami?
A student receives praise for completing homework and becomes more likely to complete it in the future. This consequence is an example of this.
positive reinforcement
This problem-solving strategy uses a mental shortcut or rule of thumb to make judgments quickly.
heuristic
This nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord
what is the central nervous system (CNS)?
In the Bobo doll study, children watched adults interact with an inflatable doll before being given the opportunity to play with it. This type of learning involves watching and imitating others.
observational learning (or modeling)
This part of the ear contains the cochlea, which transforms sound vibrations into neural signals.
what is the inner ear?
A dog learns that a particular tone predicts food. Eventually, the tone alone causes the dog to salivate. In this example, the tone has become this.
a conditioned stimulus
A person estimates that plane crashes are common because dramatic crash stories are easy to remember. This cognitive bias leads people to judge probability based on how readily examples come to mind.
availability heuristic
The pituitary gland is referred to as the master gland because it
what is it directs other endocrine glands to release their hormones?
Children who observed an adult behaving aggressively toward the Bobo doll were more likely to demonstrate this behavior themselves.
aggressive behavior
This type of sensory receptor in the skin responds to pressure and vibration.
what are mechanoreceptors?
A parent removes a teenager's driving privileges after the teenager breaks curfew, making the teenager less likely to break curfew again. This is an example of this operant conditioning process.
a negative punishment
This psychologist proposed that intelligence includes multiple distinct abilities, such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, and interpersonal intelligence.
Howard Gardner
The part of your brain is essential for receiving information that you are moving your legs.
what is the somatosensory cortex?
In Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment, children who observed an adult being rewarded for aggressive behavior were more likely to imitate that behavior. This demonstrates that observing the consequences of another person’s actions can influence learning.
vicarious reinforcement
Bloodhounds have this many olfactory receptors in their nose
what are 220 million?
A rat receives food after an unpredictable number of lever presses. Because the number of responses required varies, the rat continues responding at a high rate. This reinforcement schedule is called this.
variable-ratio schedule
A person believes that a new study supports their existing opinion but dismisses equally strong evidence that challenges it. This tendency to seek or interpret information in ways that support existing beliefs is called this.
confirmation bias
Among deaf people, a temporal lobe area normally dedicated to hearing may begin to process visual signals. This best illustrates the impact of
what is neuroplasticity?
Bandura's Bobo doll research challenged the idea that learning requires direct conditioning. It helped establish this theory, which emphasizes learning through observation, cognition, and interactions between individuals and their environments.
social learning theory
These are responsible for detecting color and vivid details within our eyes
what are cones?