Alliterations are Awesome!
-isms
Negatives
-tions
Alias (Another Name)
100
This type of learning was described by Ivan Pavlov after he dealt with dogs and their drool.
Classical Conditioning
100
People with this psychological view believe that psychology should focus only on what is observable without referencing mental processes.
behaviorism
100
This is the process of removing a stimulus from a situation in order to decrease the likelihood a behavior will occur.
negative punishment
100
This diminishing of a response occurs in Classical Conditioning when the CS is no longer paired with the UCS.
extinction
100
"I knew it all along"
hindsight bias
200
This number falls between -1 and +1 and describes the relationship between two variables
correlation coefficient
200
Our body weights tend to settle around a set point (or average weight) due to this.
metabolism
200
This is the relationship between the number of hours of Netflix a student watches and her GPA.
negative correlation
200
This is the process of the converting of physical energy into neural energy.
transduction
200
paradoxical sleep
REM sleep
300
The choice between eating cookies and eating ice-cream is an example of this type of conflict.
approach-approach
300
This perspective, made famous by William James, looked at mental and emotional processes and tried to understand their evolutionary, adaptive purpose for survival.
functionalism
300
A curve that leans to the right and has outliers on the left, is said to have one of these.
negative skew
300
In John Watson’s experiment, little Albert lacked this ability to respond differently to similar stimuli. (Santa beard and white rat)
discrimination
300
cocktail party effect
selective attention
400
This hypothesis states that if you smile you’ll feel happier and if you frown you’ll feel sad
facial feedback
400
Benjamin Whorf created this hypothesis that language controls how we think.
linguistic determinism
400
This is the process of removing a stimulus from a situation in order to increase the likelihood that a behavior will occur.
negative reinforcement
400
Susie is stung by a bee and subsequently fears all bugs. She has developed this.
generalization
400
"Father of Psychology"
Wilhelm Wundt
500
This inability to form new memories after damage to the brain is called
anterograde amnesia
500
This is a nighttime occurrence, in which a person is asleep and walking.
somnambulism
500
the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior
withdrawal
500
Depth is shown when one object blocks a part of another object with this monocular depth cue.
interposition
500
sensory neurons
afferent neurons