PSY exam 3 in class

fixed interval

After buying ten drinks, the coffee shop gives a free drink. What is this an example of?

Type of memory where information is stored for a long period of time whose capacity is essentially unlimited

- Long term memory.

accommodation

A child's ability to change their current schema to better understand the label the world around them is called?

The working backward heuristic

A problem solving strategy where one attempts to solve a problem by working from the goal state to the start state is______.

perception

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is able to easily tell the difference between human and vampire shadows. The reliance of experience and expectation to view the world relies on what type of processing?

Learning the association between two stimuli in the environment, such that one stimulus signals another

Classical conditioning.

GABA, agonist

Jim believes that drinking id beneficial when he is stressed because alcohol increases the activity of the ______ in the brain, which makes it an _________.

Learning that is not demonstrated until there in an incentive to do so

Latent learning

Generalization

Little Albert was classically conditioned to show fear avoidance in response to a white rat. However, Little Albert also showed fear avoidance when presented with white rabbits. What does this illustrate?

Learning by observing and sometimes imitating others

Observational learning.

Learning the association between one's behavior and its consequences

Operant Conditioning.

normative social influences, conformity

Our desire to avoid the disapproval of others or _______, leads to _________.

behavioral psychology

Psychologists operating under the assumption that humans can be programmed through conditioning most likely stem from which branch of psychology?

type of memory where incoming sensory information is stored very briefly

Sensory information

passive, temporary memory system that lasts approx.. 30 seconds unless the information is rehearsed

Short term memory.

cognitive dissonance

Stanley who is very strongly against participating in parades, is required by his work to participate in the homecoming parade. Stanley experiences a conflict of his attitudes about parades and his behavior. This conflict is called_______.

a large amount of people are around when the emergency is happening

The bystander effect refers to the finding that an observer of an emergency is less likely to help if______________.

Parietal

The part of the brain that enables you to feel someone holding your hand is in the ______lobe.

functional fixedness

Unable to find a needle and thread, Kim does not consider using a stapler to temporarily fix the hem of her skirt. Her failure to consider the stapler best illustrates what?

Both other children and adults acting as tutors

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory suggests that a child's most important discoveries are guided by what?

Availability

We often base out estimates of the likelihood of events on how easily information is accessed. This describes the ______heuristic.

somatic nervous system

What branch of the nervous system is responsible for the voluntary movement of skeletal muscles?

hearing

What is the most developed sense at birth?

Attentional, retentional, motor reproduction, and motivational

What is the process of observational learning?

secure attachment

Which child attachment type is characterized by the child expressing distress when the mother leaves and acting enthusiastically when she returns?

mean

Which measure of central tendency is used to calculate your gpa?

forgetting

________ refers to the inability to retrieve information from long term memory.

validity

__________ is concerned with predictability.