Development
Abstract, or if..then... thinking, emerges around age 12 during this stage
formal operational stage
Facts and general knowledge are known as what kind of memory?
Semantic
This experiment measured the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.
Arch's Conformity Experiment.
Thinking about thinking it known as:
Metacognition
Spearman said we have one general intelligence. What is this referred to? (Hint: it is a letter)
g
Attachment
Episodic memory consists of what?
Personally experienced events
Damage to this part of the left frontal lobe leaves a person struggling to speak words but able to sing familiar songs with ease.
Broca's area
The concept that rewarded behavior tends to be repeated is known as:
The Law of Effect (Thorndike).
This type of parenting style seems fun for kids but leads them to act more aggressive and immature.
Permissive
If I'm trying to remember this set of numbers 877117 and I study them by breaking them up as 87 (sidney crosby) 71 (evgeni malkin) and 17 (bryan rust), I'm practicing what study method?
Chunking
This linguist believed that humans are born with a built in readiness to learn grammar rules, sometimes called the Language Acquisition Device.
Noam Chomsky
An unconditioned response.
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly when solving logic problems is known as:
Fluid intelligence
Peek-a-boo is a fun and surprising game for infants because they lack this awareness.
Object permanence
This type of memory is also known as the processing manager of short-term memory.
Working memory
Damage to Wernicke's area (part of left temporal lobe) causes this issue with language.
People cannot understand others' sentences and can speak only meaningless sentences.
When you get in your car, there is a dinging sound until you put your seatbelt on. This method to increase a certain behavior (wearing your seatbelt) is called:
Negative Reinforcement
Each time you take an intelligence test, your scores are fairly similar. This means the test is:
Reliable
Name the four stages of development identified by Piaget in order.
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Name two brain regions important in memory.
Hippocampus (explicit), frontal lobe (working memory) Cerebellum (implicit), and Basal Ganglia (motor movement)
If children are not exposed to language by this age, they lose their ability to master any language.
This method in operant conditioning is meant to decrease a behavior.
Punishment (both positive and negative)
Define validity.
the extent to which a tests measures or predicts what it is supposed to.