Behaviorism
What leads to an unconditioned response?
unconditined stimulus
Using the same procedures for administering, scoring, and interpreting a test each time, it is given the key feature of ______.
Standardization
Extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are some of the dimensions of ______.
The Big Five
Working memory is another name for ______ memory.
Short-term
A process that involves involves applying step-by-step rules that guarantee a solution to a well-defined problem
algorithms
If a behavior is more likely to occur in the future when it has successfully removed or prevented something aversive in the past, then the behavior has been ______.
negatively reinforced
A test that produces similar scores each time it is administered to the same individual has what property?
Reliability
According to Freud, each stage of human development is driven by ______.
our sexual development
Type of memory involved in remembering how to ride a bike
procedural memory
The “best” or most representative member of a category is a _____
prototype
Who is credited with developing the procedures of operant conditioning?
B. F. Skinner
Average scores on IQ tests have been rising steadily in the general population for several decades, particularly based on normative data collected when the tests were originally developed. This steady increase in IQ scores is called ______.
The Flynn Effect
According to Freud, one who focuses too much on the pursuit of pleasure is being ruled by the ______.
Id
The duration of time that information is held in sensory memory is ______.
Less than 1 second
Rules specifying how words can be combined to form sentences
Syntax
What is likely to happen when the conditioned stimulus no longer provides information about the occurrence of the unconditioned stimulus?
extinction
Which type of intelligence is most likely to decline as one ages?
fluid intelligence
According to Freud, dreams represent ______.
wish fulfillment
Better memory for words that appear at the end of list is the ______ effect.
recency
Elements that are necessary for something to be considered an acceptable member of a category
Defining features
When a behavior is always followed by a reinforcing consequence, this is called a ______ reinforcement schedule.
Continuous
Who is the theorist that argued that intelligence should be understood as a set of specific abilities and talents instead of a general ability?
According to Freud, this is the part of the personality that follows the reality principle; acts as a mediator between the other parts of personality
ego
Information is moved into the long-term memory system via the process of ______.
encoding
Heuristic that involves making decisions based on how readily information can be retrieved from memory
Availability heuristic