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.