Memory
The first level of memory is called:
Sensory
The three processes of memory are:
encoding, storage, retrieval
The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list is known as...
serial positioning effect
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for memory?
hippocampus
Sensory memory lasts about:
A fraction of a second
Classical conditioning can help explain how we acquire:
phobias
The law of effect refers to the tendency to...
repeat behaviors that are rewarded.
The psychologist most closely associated with the study of insight learning was...
Wolfgang Kohler
The loss of a conditioned or learned response over time is called:
Extinction
The famous Bobo doll experiment researched the effects of modeling on:
aggression
A slot machine uses which type of reinforcement schedule?
variable ratio
The psychologist most closely associated with the study of observational learning was...
Albert Bandura
Auditory sensory memory is referred to as:
Echoic
Which type of conditioning most often uses reinforcers and punishments to influence behaviour?
operant
In which form of learning is behavior said to be influenced by its consequences?
operant conditioning
Babies taught to fear moving cars may begin to fear moving trucks also. This illustrates...
Generalization
Short term memory is also known as:
working memory
An event that elicits a certain predictable response WITHOUT previous training
unconditioned response
The Baby Albert experiment the loud noise used to scare Albert is the...
unconditioned stimulus.
The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was…
B.F. Skinner