Classical Conditioning
A stimuli that causes a natural & automatic response
What is an unconditioned stimulus (OR UCS)?
A teacher giving extra credit is an example of:
What is positive reinforcement?
Study conducted by Bandura that tested the impact of aggressive models on children:
What is Bobo Doll?
A logical step-by-step method of solving a problem that tries every solution
What is an algorithm?
Feeling like you know something but just can't recall it.
What is tip of the tongue phenomenon?
Our beliefs in our own abilities to accomplish difficult tasks
What is self-efficacy
This scientist trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Which psychologist is most associated with operant conditioning?
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Learning through imitation
What is modeling?
What is a schema?
Breaking information down in small units
What is chunking?
The best example of a schema
What is prototype?
Displaying the conditioned response to stimuli that are similar to each other.
What is generalization?
Getting silent lunch is an example of:
What is negative punishment?
Specialized neurons that fire when we watch & copy someone performing an action
What are mirror neurons?
Relying on previous problem solving strategies because they worked in the past
What is mental set?
Items at the beginning of a list are more likely to be remembered than items in the middle.
What is primacy effect?
The tendency to seek out & interpret information that supports previously held beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
People tend to fear things that present a mortal threat
What is biological preparedness?
A coach gives a water break for every 15 minutes the team runs laps. Which reinforcement schedule?
What is fixed-interval?
Feeling of hopelessness that develops after repeated exposure to negative stimuli
What is learned helplessness?
What is functional fixedness?
Loss of memories from the past
What is retrograde amnesia?
What is flooding?
A behavior that is acquired after successful conditioning.
What is a conditioned response (OR CR)?
What is conditioned (or secondary) reinforcer?
The interaction of environment, person, and behavioral factors that impact learning
What is reciprocal determinism?
Identifying something or someone based on how well it resembles a prototype.
What is representative heuristic?
Knowledge of facts
Memories are easier to recall in the location where they were first encoded
What is context dependent memory?
Pairing must be logical for conditioning to succeed
What is contingency theory?
Learning that does not appear until it is useful
What is latent learning?
Strategies that improve memory thru focusing on meaning & connections
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Old information gets in the way of newer learning.
What is proactive interference?
Modifying an existing schema to include new information.
What is assimilation?