Memory
Learning
Intelligence
Development
Campus Resources
100

Process of transforming information into enduring memory

What is Encoding?

100

Any stimulus that increases the likelihood of a behavior

What is a reinforcer?


100

IQ =

What is "intelligence quotient?"

100

Cigarettes are classified in this category in regards to a developing fetus

What is a teratogen?


100

A place where you can go get counseling on campus

What is "CAPS" (Counseling and Psychological Services)


200

The process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge already stored in memory

What is Semantic encoding?


200

The addition of something to reduce likelihood of a behavior

What is positive punishment?


200

The ability to reason about emotions and to use emotions to enhance reasoning

What is "emotional intelligence?"


200

A study done to observe babies' attachment to their caregivers

What is the "Strange Situation" study?


200
A place where you can go get tutoring
What is WALC? (Writing and Learning Commons)


300

Inability to transfer new information from short-term stores to long-term stores

What is anterograde amnesia?

300

The father of classical conditioning

Who is Pavlov?


300

A common way to study the genetic component of psychological properties

What are twin studies?


300

Attachment style characterized by certainty that the caregiver will respond when feeling insecure

What is secure attachment?


300

A place where you can find all the clubs available on campus (or a place to make your own)

What is WCU Engage?

400

The process whereby information tends to be better recalled when the person is in the same state during encoding and retrieval?

What is state-dependent retrieval?

400

The idea that learning occurs through observing and imitating others' behavior

What is observational learning?


400

The enemy of intelligence

What is poverty?
400

This attachment style is characterized by general confusion about caregiver and is often an indicator of child abuse

What is disorganized attachment?


400

A place where you can find organizations that are aimed at diversity and cultural affairs

What is the office of Intercultural Affairs?


500

Collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place?

What is episodic memory?


500

Spreading out study activities so that more time intervenes between repetitions of information to be learned

What is distributed practice?


500

The friend of intelligence

What is school?


500

This attachment style is characterized by certainty that their caregiver will not respond when feeling insecure

What is avoidant attachment?

500

A website where you can find out about campus sporting events