Learning

Classical conditioning

100

This famous Russian psychologist is known for his experiments with classical conditioning 

Pavlov

200

The idea that certain events can occur together. Such as two stimuli or a response and its consequence 

associative learning 

300

the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language

cognitive learning 

400

explain the 5 major aspects of classical conditioning experiments 

unconditioned/ conditioned response 

unconditioned/ conditioned stimulus 

neutral stimulus 

500

Classical conditioning can be used to treat a number of health issues, 3 of which are 

drug cravings, food cravings, immune responses 

Operant conditioning

100

The principle created by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely 

Law of Effect 

200

The procedure in which reinforcers guide a certain behavior closer and closer to the desired behavior 

Shaping

300

Name the two types of reinforcement and explain the difference between the two 

positive -- add a desirable stimulus 

negative -- remove an aversive stimulus 

400

In operant psychology, a variable ratio schedule this will happen to the subject 

the reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses 

500

What controversial parenting techinque did B.F. Skinner recieve scrutiny for practicing with his daughter

letting her sleep in an "air crib" aka baby in a box 

Bio, Cognition, and Learning

100

Name the three types of influences that affect learning 

biological, psychological, and social-cultural

200

This psychologist is most famous for his experimentation and exploration into Taste Aversion

John Garcia 

300

the tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biologically predisposed patterns 

instinctive drift 

400

Name two types of coping and provide examples for both

problem-focused coping 

emotion-focused coping 

500

Elephants appear to have excellent (blank) because they can remember large sections of their territory 

cognitive maps 

Observational Learning

100

The bodo doll experiment was conducted by this presidentially decorated psychologist 

Albert Bandura 

200

prolonged exposure to violence can lead people to have this response 

desensitization

300

positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of anti-social behavior is known as this

prosocial behavior 

400

frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when we perform certain actions or observe another doing so 

mirror neurons 

500

Explain how the Bodo doll experiment illustrates the following: Modeling

modeling can be described as observing and imitating a specific behavior. In banduras study, the children replicated the behaviors they witnessed the adult perform

Actual Jeopardy Questions

100

This Freudian term refers to all the instinctual desires and energies from the id, not just the sexual ones.

libido 

200

 Linguist who says the U.S. is a brutal imperialist state: Mona Chomsky (from the category scrambled eggheads)

Noam Chomsky

300

This school of psychology with a German name emphasizes whole, not partial, differences.

Gestalt

400

The "functional" type of this, MRI for short, shows we use all of our brain, not just 10%.

magnetic resonance imaging

500

The retrograde type of this condition applies to events prior to a head injury. Anterograde to events after it

amnesia