Gestalt
Gestalt is a German word meaning:
Configuration
Epistemology is a branch of philosophy concerned with:
The nature of knowledge
Hebb concluded that intelligence:
Comes from experience
A process where short-term memory becomes "fixed"
Consolidation
Lashley's principle of equipotentiality states
one part of the cortex can take over for an injured part
What kind of reinforcement did Wertheimer emphasize?
Intrinsic
According to Piaget, intelligence must be understood in terms of:
Survival
Hebb's Rule
"Neurons that fire together wire together"
Anterograde amnesia is a condition where:
A patient has difficulty recalling new information
What is true in order for natural selection to operate?
There must be variation within a species
The law of Pragnanz suggests:
A tendency toward cognitive completeness and simplicity
Children at this stage are egocentric.
Sensorimotor
Hebb argues that sports, TV, movies, and thrillers are reinforcing because:
They excite people, increase their level of arousal and reduce boredom
Damage to the hippocampus disrupts what type of memory?
Declarative memory
What is required for an individual or species to survive and reproduce?
Adaptation
The Gestalt movement was launched when Wertheimer discovered:
The Phi Phenomenon
The highest stage of intellectual development
Formal operations
Animals from enriched environments are more ______ than animals from sterile environments.
More intelligent
The neurotransmitter most associated with reinforcement is:
Dopamine
What is a Species-Specific Defense Reaction in rats?
Freezing, fleeing, and leaping
According to Gestaltists, what provides the learner with motivation to solve a problem?
Cognitive disequilibrium
For Piaget, the driving force behind all intellectual growth was:
Equilibration
The two cornerstones of Hebb's neurophysiological theory are:
Cell assembly and phase sequence
The brain's ability to reorganize or modify its connections is called:
Neuroplasticity
According to Evolutionary Psychologists, people develop phobias because
it is adaptive to learn to fear certain kinds of stimuli