Learning
a type of learning that involves stimulus-response connections
What is conditioning?
Loss of ability to store new long-term memory
what is anterograde amnesia?
the tendency to think of an object as being useful only for the function that the object is usually used for
What is functional fixedness?
the communication of ideas through symbols that are arranged according to rules of grammar
what is language?
shows the intellectual level at which a child is functioning
what is mental age?
a type of learning in which people or animals learn to do or not do certain things because of the results
What is Operant Conditioning?
translation of information into a form in which it can be stored and recovered
What is encoding?
to show or illustrate by example
what is exemplify?
an object or an act that stands for something else
what is a symbol?
the sum of our knowledge about the world
what is crystallized intelligence?
a learned avoidance of a particular food
What is Taste Aversion?
identification of an object or event that has been previously encountered
What is recognition?
the tendency to respond to a new problem with an approach that was successfully used with similar problems
What is mental set?
unit of meaning in a language
what is morpheme?
A child who develops a special skill or talent at a young age
what is a prodigy?
learning that remains hidden until it is needed
What is latent learning?
memories that are easier to recollect in a particular setting or circumstance
what is context dependent?
the mental rearrangement of elements of a problem
what is recombination?
El nombre de este inioma.
Que es espanol?
the extent to which variations in a trait from person to person can be explained by genetic factors
what is heritability?
a stimulus that causes a response that is automatic and not learned
What is unconditioned stimulus?
visual images that are retained for only a fraction of a second
what is iconic?
the study of meaning
what are semantics?
il nome di questa lingua
cos'รจ l'italiano
Mental capacities that allow us to respond quickly to novel situations or problems
what is fluid intelligence?