Chapter 5 (Memory)
The earliest part of the memory process is where the senses take in information and hold it very briefly.
What is encoding?
The point at which one stimilus predicts another.
What is acquisition?
A formula like method of problem-solving.
What is an algorithm?
Desire to perform a behavior because that behavior itself is.
What is intrinstic motivation?
Deliberate repetition of information to control the level of prcocessing.
What is maintanence rehersal?
The point at which the conditional stimilus NO LONGER predicts the condition response.
What is extinction?
This type of thinking is fast, automatic, more emotional, and is your immediate impluse.
What is type 1?
This theory states we are motivated to obtain and maintain an optimal level of arousal.
What is Arousal Theory?
Short-term memory holds this many items?
What is 7 +/- 2?
A form of learning in which the consequences of voluntary behavior affect the likelihood that the behavior will recur.
What is operant conditioning?
Problem-solving strategy where you use logic to come to one best solution.
What is convergent thinking?
This is a Meta-Theory of Motivation. Many motivations, not just one, working in a particular order.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
This type of memory does not require concious awareness.
What is implicit memory?
An innate reinforcer that requires no learning to have a reinforcing effect because it satisfies a biological need.
What is a primary reinforcer?
This theory is has g made up of several s, each with more specific intelligences under them. g/Bigs/Littles
Two-Factor Theory: Bodily reaction and your cognitive label for it come first, then the “feeling”.
What is Schater-Singer Theory?
This is problems remembering new information due to old information.
What is proactive interference?
An evolutionary disposition to learn what is most relevant to survival of that species.
What is biological preparedness?
This test attempts to define a person’s mental age.
What is Stanford-Binet Test?
This is method of regulating emotions in which you purposely select situations that feel positive or negative.
What is Situation Selection?