Any permanent change in behavior brought by experience or practice is called this.
What is learning.
100
Phone numbers and social security numbers are ways that we combine bits of information in order to remember it easier. This is called what?
What is chunking.
100
When you get an idea "out of the blue" This is called what?
What is insight?
100
The philosophical debate over how much of who we are is defined by heredity or by environment is called this.
What is the nature versus nurture debate.
100
The kind of learning that applies to voluntary behavior is called this.
What is operant conditioning.
200
The type of learning that applies to reflexes and involuntary behavior is called this.
What is classical conditioning.
200
This part of your memory has a storage space that could be indefinite.
What is long term memory.
200
Name a few of Gardner's types of multiple intelligence.
What is musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic
200
Name the four types of parenting styles.
What are authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved.
200
The three periods of prenatal development are __________.
What is zygote (germinal) , embryonic, and fetal
300
Little Dave kept seeing moths outside when he heard thunder. This happened so much that he was deathly afraid of moths. It then turned to bees, birds, and anything with wings. This is called stimulus ___________.
What is generalization?
300
This type of memory allows you to remember conversations with friends, great concerts, and the sounds of birds.
What is echoic memory.
300
A rose for a flower, or a dog for an animal are known as __________. The first thing that you think of for a category.
What is a prototype.
300
What is the test called to assess an infant's attachment style?
What is the strange situation test.
300
Solving a problem in a systematic way with a set of rules or instructions is called this.
What is an algorithm.
400
Operant conditioning uses two techniques to increase or decrease behavior. These are called what?
What is rewards and punishments.
400
This theory assumes that information that is more “deeply processed,” or processed according to its meaning, rather than just the sound or physical characteristics of the word or words, will be remembered more efficiently and for a longer period of time.
What is the levels of processing theory
400
In problem solving, the "rule of thumb" is also known as this.
What is heuristics.
400
Tommy understands that liquid can be the same amount whether it is in a tall glass or a short, wide glass. Tommy understands this concept.
What is conservation.
400
List and describe two reflexes that are present at birth.
Moro, babinski, rooting, sucking, stepping, etc.
500
Give an example of positive punishment
Spanking, yelling, etc.
500
This theory of memory draws an analogy between a computer and the workings of memory in the human brain.
What is Information Processing Theory
500
Being able to solve problems and ideas in new and innovative ways is called this.
What is creativity.
500
What are piaget's stages of cognitive development?
What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
500
June is locked out of her house and doesn't realize she can use her hair clip to try and get back in. June has to overcome this ____________.