Learned Behavior
Learning by associating two stimuli together.
What is classical conditioning?
This type of memory temporarily holds information you are actively using.
What is working memory?
This attachment style forms when caregivers are consistent, responsive, and supportive.
What is secure attachment?
According to Maslow, food, water, and sleep fall into this level of needs.
What are physiological needs?
A mental disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss of interest, and low energy.
What is depression?
Learning by associating behavior with consequences.
What is operant conditioning?
This type of memory stores information for long periods, such as facts and life events.
What is long-term memory?
An attachment style linked to caregivers who are inconsistent, leading to anxiety and clinginess.
What is anxious attachment?
The need for friendship, love, and belonging comes at this level of Maslow’s hierarchy.
What are love and belonging needs?
A disorder marked by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive disorder?
In operant conditioning, adding a reward to increase behavior is called this.
What is positive reinforcement?
This type of memory involves facts and personal experiences that you can consciously recall and describe.
What is explicit memory?
A parenting style that is warm, supportive, and sets clear expectations.
What is authoritative parenting?
This emotion helps protect us by triggering the fight-or-flight response.
What is fear?
This anxiety disorder involves intense fear and physical symptoms when facing specific objects or situations.
What is a phobia?
Learning that occurs by watching and imitating others.
What is observational learning?
This type of memory influences behavior and skills without conscious awareness or deliberate recall.
What is implicit memory?
A parenting style high in control but low in warmth, often focused on obedience.
What is authoritarian parenting?
Maslow believed this need reflects reaching one’s full potential.
What is self-actualization?
This disorder includes BOTH hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
What is schizophrenia?
This scientist famously conditioned dogs to associate a bell with food.
What is Pavlov?
Even if a person cannot remember learning how to ride a bike, they can still balance, pedal, and steer without thinking about each step—showing memory through action rather than awareness.
What is implicit memory?
A child’s caregiver is sometimes nurturing and comforting, but at other times frightening, unpredictable, or emotionally unavailable. The child wants comfort but is also afraid, leading to confused, inconsistent behaviors like freezing, avoiding eye contact, or approaching and then pulling away.
What is disorganized attachment?
Long-term stress that stays in the body over time and increases the risk of illness.
What is Chronic Stress?
A category of mental disorders defined by long-lasting, inflexible patterns of thinking, behavior, and relating to others.
What are personality disorders?