Social Theory that helps understand the actions of others (ex. rushing to judgment for others, while justifying own actions)
Attribution Theory
Previously neutral- when paired with an unconditioned stimulus creates a
Conditioned Stimulus
Stage where children can grasp harder concepts and can think in a more abstract way
Formal Operational Stage
A type of study where neither the researcher or participants know who is in which group
Double Blind Study
a mental shortcut that influences how people make decisions based on what's easily accessible in their memory
Availability Heuristic
A tendency to make yourself sound better in social situations
Self Serving Bias
This occurs during conditioning when a stimulus that is similar to one being conditioned does not create a reaction
Discrimination
What animal was a famous experiment on the importance of physical touch in child development done on?
Monkeys
Paid actors who are a part of experiments
Confederates
Herman Ebbinghaus created the idea of the ____ curve
Forgetting
Researcher who made groundbreaking experiment on conformity (convincing someone that a line was shorter than the others)
Solomon Asch
Occurs when the stimulus no longer creates a response
Extinction
Young children display this concept when they act self centered and don't take perspectives of others
Egocentrism
Plays a crucial role in fight or flight
Sympathetic Nervous System
Nerve fibers that carry info from the retina
Participants change their behavior when they think they are being observed
Hawthorne Effect
Variable Ratio Schedule
The gap that a learner can do independently and what they can do with more guidance
Part of the brain that helps with learning and memory
Hippocampus
Snail shaped structure in the inner ear containing the organ of Corti, which produces nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations.
Cochlea
People are likely to change their mind on something just by being exposed to it
Mere Exposure Effect
A psychological state where someone believes that they can't change a situation, even when they can
Learned Helplessness
Psychologist who came up with life stages for different conflicts
Erik Erikson
A neurotransmitter associated with memory- decline of it is associated with Alzheimers
Acetylcholine
Retroactive Interference