I Love Learning
He developed the law of effect
Who is Thorndike?
People high in this also tend to be high in achievement motivation
What is grit?
Damage to this part of the brain would likely interfere with a person's ability to learn the names of newly introduced people.
What is the hippocampus?
The process of getting information out of memory storage
What is retrieval?
Not letting yourself watch Netflix until your homework is done
What is negative punishment?
This law states that performance is best when arousal is moderate (not low or high)
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?
You thought you learned about the newest food trend from your friend Margaret, but it was actually from your granny
What is source amnesia?
Learning to tie your shoes.
What is implicit memory?
Pavlov and Watson underestimated the role of this in learning
What is cognition?
Getting complimented for your work might fulfill which needs, according to Maslow?
What are self-esteem needs?
Calling your new romantic partner by your old romantic partner's name (oops)
What is proactive interference?
When memory has been corrupted by misleading information
What is the misinformation effect?
Ebbinghaus used this memory measure to assess the impact of rehearsal on the retention of nonsense syllables.
What is relearning?
A tendency to maintain balance or a constant internal state
What is homeostasis?
What are effortful processing strategies that can help us remember new information?
Being more likely to recall happy memories when in a happy mood.
What is mood-congruent memory?
Your rat Nelson explores a maze with no reward. Running this same maze for a food reward with few errors demonstrates this concept
What is latent learning?
Competence, autonomy, and relatedness
What are the three psychological needs in self-determination theory?
Includes the Central Executive, the Visuospatial Sketchpad, and the Phonological Loop
What is Baddeley's Model of Working Memory?
Under intense emotional stress, the amygdala sends a signal to start a physical change in memory called this
What is a memory trace?