Conditioning
Reinforcement
Foundations of Psychology
Biological Basis
Sensation, Perception, Consciousness
100

His work and findings became the basis for classical conditioning.

Who is Ivan Pavlov

100

You give a compliment to your boyfriend when he gets a good haircut.

What is Positive reinforcement

100

This is a general idea that is consistent with what you have observed.

What is a theory
100

Nature vs. Nuture. Which is genetics and which is environment?

Nature - genetics

Nuture - environment 

100

This is a biological rhythm over a 24 hour period also known as our sleep-wake cycle 

What is circadian rhythm

200

He created an operant chamber in which a rat would learn to push a button to receive food or water.

Who is B.F. Skinner

200

Your mom takes away your phone when she found out you went to a party on Friday.

What is Negative punishment

200

This kind of descriptive research provides an in depth analysis on a limited number of subjects. 

What is a case study

200

The nervous system is broken into these 2 branches.

What are the Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

*bonus* what does the PNS further break down into?

200

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time

What is the difference threshold 

300
This type of conditioning is when a behavior is increased through reinforcement and decreased through punishment.

What is Operant Conditioning

300

Brenda loves chocolate. She ate 3 Hershey's bars early one morning. On the bus ride to school she had to sit in the back and felt every bump and pothole. When she got off the bus she got really queezy and threw up chocolate everywhere. Brenda now gets sick looking at a Hershey's bar. In this example what is the conditioned stimulus?

What is a Hershey's chocolate bar.

300

The more absences you have the lower your grade will be, is an example of this correlation.

What is a Negative correlation

300

This part of the neuron releases the signal into the synaptic gap.

What are axon terminals

300

I wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I am able to navigate out of my bedroom, down the hall and open the bathroom door without bumping into anything. This is an example of what processing?

What is top down processing
400

This process is when a dog learned to salivate at the sound of a bell and now it salivates when it hears a bell, a chime, a phone or a doorbell. 

What is generalization

400

John got a brand new BMW and was showing off driving through his neighborhood. A week later in the mail he got a traffic ticket. A camera caught him going 55mph in a 25mph speech zone. Is this reinforcement or punishment? Is this positive or negative?

Positive Punishment

400

This is when participants believe they feel the effects of a drug even when they were given a sugar pill.

What is the placebo effect

400

This system, associated with emotion and drive, is made up of the amygdala, the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.

What is the limbic system?

400

This stage of sleep is where dreaming happens

What is Stage 4 / REM sleep

500

Little Albert was used to show that fear can be conditioned, which is called ____.

What is Aversive Conditioning

500

Alexa started working at her family's deli. She get's paid $15/hour. Sometimes she gets paid on Friday, sometimes she gets paid on Sunday, other times she has to wait until the end of the month. What kind of reinforcement schedule is this?

What is Variable Interval

500

Name at least 3 APA Ethical Guidelines.

- informed consent

- confidentiality 

- debriefing 

- do no harm (no long term physical or psychological harm)

- animals must be well cared for

- approval from a research institution 

500

All four lobes of the brain.

What are Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital


*bonus* which lobe houses the motor cortex?

*bonus* which lobe houses the somatosensory cortex?

500

Give an example of sensory interaction

- when you plug your nose you can't taste as well

- using visual and tactile cues to complete a puzzle 

- hearing the beeping at a crosswalk and seeing the walk man to know you can cross

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