Chapter 1
Introduction
Introduction
the science of behavior and mental processes
psychology
The three steps in memory information processing are:
encoding, storage, and retrieval
This person created the ideas of classical conditioning.
Ivan Pavlov
______________ parents are demanding and responsive. They set rules, but encourage open discussion and allow exceptions.
What is authoritative.
this study might analyze how anger facilitated the survival of our ancestors’ genes
evolutionary perspective
Visual sensory memory is referred to as:
iconic memory
Operant conditioning is learned through these consequences of behavior.
rewards & punishments
This condition is comprised of physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by the mother's heavy drinking while pregnant.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
How behavior and thinking vary across situations and culture
Social-cultural
Is it not a measure of retention; the process of getting information out of memory storage
retrieval
Any event in the environment that triggers a response
What's stimulus?
A person's characteristic nature or emotional excitability.
What is temperament?
How our genes and our environment influence our individual difference
Behavior genetics
Our short-term memory span is approximately ____to ____ seconds.
This was how classical conditioning was discovered while...
studying dogs and salivation
Substances that get to the fetus through the placenta and prevents normal development.
What are teratogens?
How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
Neuroscience
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as:
chunking
When a normal stimulus becomes associated with unconditioned stimulus
What's conditioning?
Concepts or mental frameworks that organize categories and interprets information.
What are schemas?