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MISC
100
the metaphor for the absorption and assimilation of immigrants into the main stream of society so that ethnic differences vanish.
What is the melting pot metaphor?
100
1. a stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response. 2. stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response after conditioning.
What is 1. US 2. CS
100
system that holds sensory information very briefly.
What is the sensory register?
100
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles (specific to general)
What is inductive reasoning?
100
strengthening a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus when a behavior occurs.
What is negative reinforcement?
200
judging another culture solely by the values and standards of ones own culture, therefore, believing that ones culture is superior.
What is ethnocentrism?
200
1. naturally occurring emotional or physiological response. 2. learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.
What is 1. UR 2.CR
200
permanent store of knowledge, capacity is unlimited.
What is long-term memory?
200
1st learning experience has neither a positive or negative impact on the 2nd experience.
What is neutral transfer?
200
process of searching for and finding information in long-term memory.
What is retrieval?
300
explains school achievement problems of ethnic minority students by assuming that their culture is inadequate and does not prepare them to succeed in school.
What is the cultural deficit model?
300
strengthening a behavior by presenting a desired stimulus after behavior.
What is positive reinforcement?
300
component of the memory system that holds 5-9 pieces of new information for 20-30 seconds.
What is short term memory?
300
type of learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining, and replicating behavior executed by others.
What is vicarious learning?
300
revisiting basic ideas repeatedly, building upon them until the student has grasped the ideas that go with them.
What is spiral curriculum?
400
having both male and female characteristics or qualities, does not favor one gender over another.
What is psychological androgyny?
400
decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by presenting an aversive stimulus following the behavior.
What is type 1 (presentation) punishment?
400
the human mind's activity of taking in, storing, and using information.
What is information processing (knowledge)?
400
"learning by doing"
What is discovery learning?
400
when smaller groups in society maintain their unique cultural identities, and their values and practices are accepted by the wider culture provided they are consistent with the laws and values of the wider society.
What is cultural pluralism?
500
_____ are better at spatial skills, visual information processing, mechanical skill, and math reasoning in higher mathematics. _____ are better at verbal skills, production of written and oral language, and math computation skills early in schools.
Who are males/females?
500
decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by removing a pleasant stimulus following a behavior.
What is removal punishment?
500
process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it.
What is rehearsal?
500
1st learning experience hinders you on the 2nd learning experience.
What is negative transfer?
500
the application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.
What is applied behavior analysis?
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