Learning
in Pavlov's experiments, the conditioned stimulus (CS)
What is the sound of a bell?
According to Vygotsky, children learn best when they are in this zone, supported by others.
What is the zone of proximal development?
Photoreceptor cells located in the fovea of the eye that process color and detail
What are cones?
the lack of a typical behavior, such as the lack of emotional expression (flat affect) or lack of movement (catatonic stupor) in schizophrenia
What are negative symptoms?
Able to be proven false
What is falsifiability?
in operant conditioning, an example would be spanking a child after she cursed
What is positive punishment?
Children begin to display a theory of mind during this Piaget stage of development.
What is the preoperational stage?
an experience of sensation in which one system of sensation is experienced through another
What is synesthesia?
involves experiencing periods of depression and mania in alternating periods that can last various amounts of time.
What is bipolar cycling?
non-probability sampling technique used in research where participants are selected based on their availability
What is convenience sampling?
When the solution to a problem occurs without any association being present.
What is contact comfort?
Occurs when a stimulus can be detected at least 50% of the time.
What is the absolute threshold?
The intense fear of specific social situations, including using public transportation
What is agoraphobia?
a type of experiment where neither the researchers nor the participants know who is in the experimental condition
What is a double-blind study?
in Bandura's famous social learning experiment concerning modeling, the object the experiment is named after
What is a Bobo doll?
This occurs when children express heightened anxiety or fear when away from a caregiver or in the presence of a stranger.
What is separation anxiety?
the sense of one’s body movement
What is kinesthesis?
Many individuals with psychopathic tendencies will be diagnosed with this personality disorder
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This board is responsible for approving research for human and non-human animals
What is the IRB?
What is spontaneous recovery?
A belief in one’s uniqueness and invulnerability, which is an expression of adolescent egocentrism and may extend further into the lifespan
What is the personal fable?
a binocular depth cue; the difference between the images projecting onto the retina
What is retinal disparity?
A culture-bound anxiety disorder experienced mainly by Japanese people in which people fear others are judging their bodies as undesirable, offensive, or unpleasing.
What is Taijin kyofusho?
the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work
What is peer review?