Playing the Classics
This classical conditioning term is the trained response to the conditioned stimulus.
Conditioned response
You give your dog a treat when she sits, reflecting this operant conditioning action.
Positive Reinforcement
Our short term memory can store unrehearsed information for approximately this much time.
20 seconds
This is a mental shortcut used to solve problems or make decisions.
Heuristic
IQ scores have high ________, in other words they are consistent.
Reliability
This researcher is credited with discovering classical conditioning.
Any time you bake your favorite cake, you must wait 25 minutes to take it out of the oven, best reflecting this schedule of reinforcement.
Struggling to recall a series of words? Try enhancing your memory by using one of these strategies starting with a silent letter.
Functional Fixedness
IQ scores do not do a very good job of predicting general intelligence. Given they are not measuring what they are designed to measure, they have low ______.
Validity
This type of conditioning is an extension of classical conditioning into marketing. We used this to sell products in class.
Evaluative Conditioning
Using this schedule of reinforcement, a casino can keep you hooked on a slot machine. It pays to keep spinning because you never know when the next jackpot will hit!
Variable Ratio
This memory system holds memories that are tied to important dates in your personal life. You might remember them like episodes on a TV show.
Episodic Memory
(I will also accept "declarative memory")
As an example of this problem type, parents might need to figure out how to get their 3 kids to different locations while only having 2 cars.
Transformation
This number represents the average IQ.
100
In the original classical conditioning research, the sound of the bell represented this classical conditioning term.
Neutral stimulus
(I will also accept "conditioned stimulus")
You spray your cat with water every time he scratches the furniture, reflecting this operant conditioning action.
Positive punishment
These memories are one piece of evidence for an unlimited storage long-term memory. They are unusually vivid and detailed recollections of an event.
Flashbulb Memories
Insight arising from normal thinking patterns at the conscious level is the _______ view.
Business-as-Usual
According to this theory of intelligence, we have 3 types of intelligence.
Triarchic Theory of Successful Intelligence
(I will also accept "Triarchic Theory")
This classical conditioning process occurs when a conditioned response comes back after being gone for awhile.
Spontaneous Recovery
This small enclosure is a highly controlled environment in which animals can learn.
Operant Chamber
(I will also accept "Skinner Box")
Context-Dependent
(I will also accept "spatial")
According to dual process theory, we have two modes of thinking: ________ & ________.
Intuitive & Deliberative
A rise in intelligence scores across generations is known as ______.
The Flynn Effect