Learning Theory
Julie went for her immunizations and cried hard. Now whenever she enters the waiting room of her pediatrician she cries in fear of pain. The office has become a __________ in classical conditioning terms.
What is conditioned stimulus
This part of the brain is located in the limbic system and it's primary function involves memory.
hippocampus
The method of research used to prove cause and effect is called
experiment
This type of memory requires effort and is also referred to as declarative memory.
explicit
The axon is the part of neuron whose primary job is to _______ signals to other neurons.
send
After working with his dog conditioning a response to various auditory stimuli, Pavlov's dog was conditioned to salivate only to a bell, rather than other auditory stimuli. This classically conditioned response would be referred to as
stimulus discrimination
Dr. Smith is treating an individual for depression and uses a talk therapy approach that challenges his client's irrational assumptions because they fuel his depression. Dr. Smith is working from the ______ perspective.
cognitive
A measure of relationships between variables is called the _______ ________.
correlational coefficient
I have a student that looks just like my niece. I keep calling her name as my niece's. This is what type of interference?
proactive interference
The brain and spinal cord make up the _________ nervous system.
central
Any consequence that results in an increase in the behavior it follows is referred to as
What is reinforcement
This part of the brain is involved in emotional regulation and is called the ________.
amygdala
A method of gaining knowledge by evaluating evidence from experiments and/or careful observation and collection of data is referred to as the __________ approach.
empirical
This type of memory is involved when we recall events in our lives.
episodic/autobiographical memory
Chemical messengers that transport information and nerve impulses from one neuron to another are called __________.
neurotransmitters
learning through imitation is referred to as ___________ learning.
What is observational
Sometimes participants in experiments believe that they feel differently because of their participation rather than a real impact. This is referred to as the _____ _______.
placebo effect
In a study of sleep deprivation on learning one group of students were deprived of rem sleep and the other group was not. The following day they were all tested on a task they learned the previous day. The amount of sleep they were allowed is_______ _____.
the independent variable
This type of study schedule yields the best results.
distributed practice
The brain's ability to develop new neural networks and repair injured one's is called ________.
neuroplasticity
When previously reinforced behaviors stop receiving reinforcement ________ happens.
What is extinction
John is a therapist who tries to help his clients see how their early childhood experiences are related their problems. The perspective that he is working from is the _________ perspective.
psychodynamic
When researchers attempt to duplicate research findings that another scientist reported this is called ________.
replication
The role that sleep plays, particularly REM sleep is _____ _____.
memory consolidation
The division of functions between the right and left hemispheres is called __________.
lateralization