Perception
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Stage Theory
Anxiety/Attachment
100
What is: Interpreting and consciously experiencing our sensations?
Perception
100
Whenever a garage door opens, it makes a loud noise. whenever we get home, the dogs get excited. over time, the dogs will get excited at just hearing the noise of the garage door.
What is the UCR?
Excitment
100
Your father gives you a credit card at the end of your first year in college because you did so well. As a result your grades continue to get better in your second year
Positive Reinforcement - credit card increases behavior
100
Understanding that an object exists even when it is out of sight?
Object Permanence
100
An enduring emotional tie or bond between two people (6mo-1yr)
An Attachment
200
What is: The collection of processes used to arrive at a meaningful interpretation of sensations?
(Stimulus converted into a neural signal)
1. Stimulus: Light turns green
2. Sensation: light waves detected by sensory receptors in your eyes
3.
Transduction
200
John has been bullied for a couple months now. this causes him to be anxious and dislike his school. now, whenever he sees the school building, he becomes anxious and feels uncomfortable.
What is the NS and therefore CS?
School building
200
Your car has a red, flashing light that blinks annoyingly if you start the car without buckling the seat belt. You become less likely to start the car without buckling the seat belt
Flashing lights is a positive punishment, after the behavior the seat belt decreases
200
What are the two key concepts of the Preoperational stage?
Egocentrism- difficulty taking other points of view
Conservation- Understanding that properties of an object can change and still be the same. Ex. volume
2-7yrs
200
Upset when parent leaves the room but easily calmed through touch when parent returns.
Secure Attachment
300
Very sensitive, respond to low light, colorless
(Night vision)
Rods
300
Who conducted the dog salvation experiment?
Ivan Pavlov
300
Your hands are cold so you put your gloves on. In the future you are more likely to put gloves on when it's cold.
Negative reinforcement- coldness is taken away and the behavior of putting on gloves increases
300
What are the four Stage Theory stages and ages?
1. Sensorimotor Stage (~birth – 2 years)
2. Preoperational Stage (~2-7 yrs)
3. 3) Concrete Operational Stage (~7-12 yrs)
4. Formal Operational Stage (12 + yrs)
300
What are the three types of unsecure attachment?
1. Avoidant
2. Resistant
3. Disorganized
400
What are the three types of cones?
(Hint: Tri-chromatic theory of color vision)
Short wavelength cones: blue
Medium wavelength cones: green
Long wave length cones: red
400
What does spontaneous recovery look like for Pavlov's dogs?
400
You get paid every two weeks.
Fixed (Stays the same) - Interval (duration of time)
400
Which stage can think logically about abstract ideas & hypothetical situations?
Formal Operational Stage (12 + yrs)
400
1. Get upset when my mom leaves
2. Get upset when a new person comes in
1. Separation Anxiety
2. Stranger Anxiety
500
The flexible piece of tissue that helps focus light toward the back of the eye
Lens
500
What is John Watson known for?
Little Albert and stimulus generalization
500
A professional baseball player averages a hit once every third time at bat.
Variable (changes) - ratio (# of times)
500
What is a critique of Jean Piaget's stage Theory?
* Underestimated children's abilities
*Based on western culture
*Unscientific Methods
(Cognitive development is more complex
500
If my parents are consistently distant to my emotional needs I will most likely develop what type of attachment?
Avoidant Attachment