Memory
What is the term for the process of transforming information into a memory trace?
What is Encoding?
Who is known for discovering classical conditioning while studying digestive reflexes in dogs?
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
What are the two schedules of reinforcement?
What is Continuous and intermittent reinforcement?
What type of motivation involves performing tasks because they are inherently enjoyable?
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
According to Miller's theory, what is the average capacity of short-term memory?
7 +/- 2 items
In classical conditioning, what is the learned response called?
What is a Conditioned Response?
What are the four types of intermittent schedules?
What is fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, and variable interval?
What is the term for the biological drive to maintain internal stability?
Homeostasis
What type of long-term memory involves "how to" knowledge?
What is Procedural memory?
What kind of reinforcement increases behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus?
What is Negative Reinforcement?
Receiving a high-five after every five times you raise your hand is an example of what intermittent schedule?
What is Fixed-ratio?
Which theory suggests that behavior is motivated by rewards or reinforcers?
What is Incentive Theory?
Which psychologist worked with patient H.M. and discovered the role of the hippocampus in memory?
Who is Brenda Milner?
Who conducted the Little Albert experiment?
Who is John B. Watson?
Ratio is to response as interval is to
What is time?
According to Maslow, which need must be fulfilled before self-actualization?
Physiological Needs, Safety needs, Love and belonging, esteem.
What theory suggests that old information interferes with learning new information?
What is Proactive Interference?
Which learning process involves observing and imitating others?
What is Observational Learning?
What is the continuous non-reinforcement resulting in _____ and eventual _____ of a learned behavior?
Decrease/weakening; disappearance. Extinction
What are the three basic psychological needs in Self-Determination Theory?
What is Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness?