Your experience results in a relatively permanent change in behavior
What is learning
100
Who performed the first scientific study of memory and showed that we are most likely to forget information after one hour of learning it?
Who is Ebbinghaus
100
These psychologists use rules and strategies for perceiving and making sense of the world
Who are Gestalt psychologists
200
By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of food, you can train your dog to salivate to the sound of the bell. The sound of the bell is...
What is conditioned stimulus
200
What type of memory is involved in the first initial recording information from our senses?
What is sensory memory
200
This type of processing is based on context and surroundings to recognize objects or people.
What is top-down processing
300
A stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated.
What is a reinforcer
300
This is another name for short term memory
What is working memory
300
Who were the researchers to study parapsychology or "ESP"
Who are Milton & Wiseman (2001)
400
If you get a headache and want to get rid of it, most people take asprin. This demonstrates what kind of reinforcement?
What is negative reinforcement
400
What is the duration and capacity of STM?
What is 20-30 seconds (duration), 5-9 pieces of info (capacity)
400
A sensation that triggers perception of another sense is...
What is synaesthesia
500
Getting paid every other week is what type of reinforcement schedule?
What is fixed schedule
500
We recall information better if it is encoded with multiple senses
What is dual coding
500
What are the two types of thresholds and define them.
What is absolute (minimum stimulation needed to detect stimulus) Difference (minimum detectable difference b/w stimuli)