Intro to Psychology
This approach to psychology focuses on how chemicals in the brain can affect our behavior
What is the Biological approach?
This is the 4 or 5 step process by which experiments are conducted
What is the scientific method?
This type of memory is when a person can recall a specific event from a specific date
What is episodic memory?
Charles Spearman theorized that a person's intelligence is made up of these two factors
What are the G (general) and S (specific) factors?
This type of learning is when someone associates a naturally-occurring stimulus with one that initially has no meaning
What is classical conditioning?
This approach to psychology focuses on how our past experiences and unconscious influence our behavior
What is Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic?
This type of research method involves asking people a series of questions to get their thoughts and opinions on a particular subject
What is a survey?
This type of memory involves the steps of learning how to do something such as ride a bike or cook
What is procedural memory?
This type of intelligence means that you are exceptional at sports, dancing, or any other body-movement activity
What is body kinesthetics?
In order for learning by association to occur, the unconditioned stimulus MUST be paired with this other type of stimulus
What is a neutral stimulus?
This approach to psychology focuses on association and how consequences can change how people act
What is the Behavioral approach?
This type of research method usually focuses on one person or group of individuals and goes into great detail about the subjects
What is a case study?
This type of memory is general knowledge usually gained through experience and what one has learned in school
This man theorized that there are 9 different intelligences, but that people can only master one of the 9
Who is Howard Gardner?
What is negative punishment?
This approach to psychology focuses on how people think and process information
What is the Cognitive approach?
This type of research method is used to examine change in a person over an extended period of time
What is a longitudinal study?
When people are able to remember something that they learned in a specific setting when they're put back in that setting is know as this type of memory
What is context-dependent memory?
This type of intelligence means that you are good at reading people and can empathize with them
What is interpersonal intelligence?
Big Barney got caught excessively speeding in a residential area, so he was given a huge ticket, otherwise known as this type of operant conditioning
What is positive punishment?
This approach to psychology focuses on how people feel about themselves and how they interpret other people
What is the Humanistic approach?
This does not equal causation
What is correlation?
When people give meaning to newly acquired information in order to remember it, they are using this type of rehearsal
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Certain groups of people may do poorly on certain intelligence tests because of this type of bias, which may include the way the questions are worded or the content of the tests
What is cultural bias?
This happens when a previously extinguished conditioned response makes a reappearance seemingly out of nowhere
What is spontaneous recovery?