History of Psychology
The reason psychologists study behavior
What is to develop theories about mental processes?
An assumption about behavior that is tested through research.
What is an hypothesis?
Learning
What is a relatively enduring change in potential behavior that results from experience?
Our "working memory" is the _____.
What is STM or Short Term Memory?
Rhythms of physiological activity that revolve around a 24 hour period.
What are Circadian Rhythms?
One of the reasons psychologists study animals.
Research is conducted for the purpose of testing hypotheses, solving a problem, and to ________?
What is replicate previous research?
When speaking of schedules of reinforcement, interval schedules always relate to ______.
What is Time.
A mnemonic strategy such as the one used to remember the keys on the lines of the treble cleft, Every Good Boy Does Fine.
What is an Acrostic?
Joe was awakened while he was experiencing rapid eye movements. He probably would report that he was _____.
What is dreaming?
Psychology has its roots in _____.
What are philosophy and physiology?
A researcher using the _____ method may utilize a number of techniques—such as observation, questionnaires, interviews, observation, and experimentation.
What is the case study method or research?
Both escape and avoidance conditioning involve _____.
What is Negative Reinforcement?
When later learning interferes with the recall of earlier learning.
What is retroactive interference?
The two key characteristics of brain waves.
What are Amplitude and Frequency?
"Experimental self-observation" is also known in psychology as _____.
What is introspection?
Participants who participate in an experiment but do not receive any treatment or manipulation?
Who are members of a control group?
Law that states that a behavior is repeated when followed by "satisfaction" or positive consequences.
What is the Law of Effect?
The process of establishing meaning to aid in the transfer of information from STM to LTM for long-term storage.
What is Encoding
Two major brain areas believed to be responsible for sleep and wakefulness
What are the raphe system and the reticular activating system?
"The whole of experience is different from the sum of its parts"
What is Gestalt psychology?
A clear description of the concepts, in terms of the methods being used to measure them
What is an Operational Definition?
Associative Learning principle apply to the association between _______ or ________ and _______.
What are two stimuli or behavior and consequence?
Methods of encoding such as Narrative Story or Memory Palace which help us organize material for more efficient storage and retrieval in LTM.
What are Mnemonic devices?
Wave-forms seen early in the sleep cycle in response to either internal or external stimuli
What are Sleep Spindles and K Complexes?