Learning and Cognition
Who invented the terms Behaviorism?
John B. Watson
Riding a bicycle while talking to your friend about something that happened in class, is an example of what type of memory?
Implicit Memory
What is the difference between continuous and discontinuous stages of development?
Continuous stages are discrete steps, while discontinuous stages are on going and merge into each other.
Hunger is an example of?
A drive
Every time someone mentions a bird, the image of a small blue bird pops into your head. This is an example of:
Prototype
When someone provides his phone number to another person, he usually pauses after the area code and again after the next three numbers. This pattern underscores the importance of which memory principle?
Chunking
Which level of moral reasoning includes a focus on upholding laws in order to gain social approval?
Conventional
What is the lowest priority motive in Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization needs
You are looking for a item in a grocery store that you've never been to. To find the item you think about where the item is in another store. This method of finding a item in the store, would be consider?
Heuristic
Which stage of language is the early speech stage using mostly nouns and verbs such as "go car"?
Telegraphic Speech
Which of Piaget's stages of development is marked by the ability to think abstractly?
Formal Operations
The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion states that
physiological response and emotion occur independently and simultaneously.
Jane gets $20 for every A she gets on her report card. This is an example of?
Positive Reinforcement
Which type of memory demonstrates retention of skills and dispositions without conscious recollection?
Explicit Memory
According to Mary Ainsworth’s research on attachment, what would a child need most to become “securely attached”?
Consistent, responsive caregivers
Describe Freud's concept of the Id?
The Id is based on the unconscious aggressive and sexual drives.
When your cat hears a can opener, she runs into the the kitchen. In this example what is the can opener?
Conditioned Stimulus
Benjamin Lee Whorf’s linguistic determinism hypothesis relates to what aspect of the power of language?
How language influences thinking
Megan, a third grader, is having trouble with math. She is starting to do poorly in other subjects, because she feels she cannot master math. Based on Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, which stage is Megan in?
Competence versus inferiority
What is the importance of appraisal in the formation of emotions?
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