a relatively permanent change in behavior that arises from practice or experience.
What is learning
100
paying attention to information, mentally representing it, reasoning about it, and making decisions about it
What is thinking
100
also referred to as declarative memory, this is memory for specific information
What is explicit memory
100
the underlying ability to understand the world and cope with its challenges
What is intellgience
100
The communication of infomation by means of symbols arranged according to rules of grammar
What is language
200
a form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to evoke the response usually evoked by being paired repeatedly with the other stimulus
What is classical conditioning
200
mental categories used to group together objects, relations, events, abstractions, or qualities that have common properties
What are concepts
200
A woman who couldn't remember who she was automatically dialed her mother's phone number when the police gave her a phone. Dialing her mother was this kind of memory
What is implicit memory
200
Spearman's symbol for specific factors which he believed accounted for individual abilities
What is s
200
this is the capacity to create rather than imitate scentences
What is infinite creativity
300
the tendency for a CR to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was conditioned.
What is generalization
300
these are based on strategies that worked in the past; rule of thumb that helps us simplify and solve problems
What are heuristics
300
the type or stage of memory first encountered by a stimulus; this kind of memory holds impressions briefly, but long enough so that series of perceptions are psychologically continuous
What is sensory memory
300
a thought process that narrows in on the single best solution to a problem
What is convergent thinking
300
the view that language structures the way we view the world
What is linguistic-relativity hypothesis
400
a boy conditioned to fear rats by clanging steel bars behind his head when he played with the animal
Who is Little Albert
400
it is not true that only humans use insight to solve problems. Maiers research with this person suggests that a rat may also be capable of insight
Who is "Bismarck"
400
Some events such as the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 can be etched in memory for a lifetime. This is what kind of memory
What are flashbulb memories
400
the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to, or explained by, genetic factors
What is heritability
400
young children say things like 'daddy goed away" and "mommy sitted down" because they understand rules of grammar. These errors are examples of this
What is overregularization
500
positive and negative, immediate and delayed, primary and secondary
What are types of reinforcers
500
the influence of wording, or the context in which information is presented, on decision making
What is framing effect
500
loss of memory of personal information that is thought to stem from psychological conflict or trauma
What is dissociative amnesia
500
The home environment and education are these kind of influences on intelligence
What are environmental influences
500
the view that language learning involves an interaction between environmental factors and an inborn tendency to acquire language