Classical conditioning term for something that naturally elicits a response
What is an unconditioned stimulus
100
Its purpose is to decrease the frequency of a behavior
What is punishment
100
Process of transferring STM to LTM in the stage model
What is encoding
200
This Russian physiologist taught his dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
What is Ivan Pavlov
200
The removal of something desirable in order to increase the frequency of a behavior
What is negative reinforcement
200
A form of memory lasting only milliseconds to a few seconds
What is sensory memory
300
The rat in Watson's famous 'Little Albert' experiment would be classified as this classical conditioning term
What is a conditioned stimulus
300
The law of this states that responses closely followed by satisfaction will become firmly attached to the situation and therefore more likely to reoccur when the situation is repeated
What is effect
300
Number of items that can be held in the average person's short term memory (plus or minus two)
What is seven
400
When the CS no longer elicits a CR.
What is extinction
400
The most effective reinforcement schedule (gambling, for example)
What is variable ratio
400
This type of memory is sometimes called "muscle memory"
What is procedural memory
500
Reappearance of CS-CR pairing after extinction
What is spontaneous recovery
500
A name associated with operant conditioning
Who is Skinner (for example)
500
Strengthening of a synapse between two neurons following repeated synchronous stimulation