What is interpret the stimuli you received from the environment
100
In Pavlov’s experiments on the classical conditioning of dogs, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) was ______.
What is food
100
The process of encoding refers to _________:
What is getting information into memory
100
Using ROY G BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow illustrates the use of __________:
What is chunking
200
Where is the blind spot in the retina located?
What is where the optic nerve leaves the eye
200
The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights appeared to generate pulsing waves of motion. This best illustrates _________:
What is phi phenomenon
200
Jamie is a used car salesman who gets paid $200 for every 4 cars that he sells. Jamie’s pay is based on which type of reinforcement schedule?
What is fixed ratio
200
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _______ memory.
What is iconic memory
200
Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited capacity?
What is long-term memory
300
A subliminal message is one that is presented ____________:
What is below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness
300
The perception of the letter “t” as two intersecting lines rather than as four separate, non-intersecting lines illustrates the principle of __________:
What is continuity
300
Mirror neurons provide the biological basis for __________:
What is observational learning
300
Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing the exact moment when he heard of his grandfather’s unexpected death. This best illustrates ______:
What is flashbulb memory
300
As a child, Andre dreamed that he was chased and attacked by a mean dog. Many years later, he mistakenly recalled that this had actually happened to him. Andre’s false memory best illustrates _______:
What is source amnesia
400
Rods are _______ as compared to cones
What is more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones
400
The perception of an object as distinct from its surroundings is called ______:
What is figure-ground
400
The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli is called ______.
What is discrimination
400
When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being used?
What is recall
400
Automatic processing and effortful processing are two types of _________:
What is encoding
500
Cones are _______ as compared to rods
What is more color sensitive and less light sensitive
500
This is occurring when we perceive objects as unchanging even as lighting and retinal images change
What is perceptual constancy
500
Resistance to extinction in operant conditioning is most strongly encouraged by _____.
What is variable schedules of reinforcement
500
“7 + 2” refers to the storage capacity of _________ memory.
What is short-term memory
500
Jamille performs better on foreign language vocabulary tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates _____________: