Chapter 7a. Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning; Operant Conditioning

Question 1

Psychologists define _____ as the capacity to learn new behaviors that help us cope with our
changing world.

Answer 1

adaptability

Question 2

_____ was the scientist whose experiments with dogs led to the discovery of classical conditioning.

Answer 2

Ivan Pavlov

Question 3

_ behavior produces events in the environment, whereas respondent behavior occurs as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Answer 3

operant

Question 4

Mnemonic

Answer 4

aids can be used to help remember things like speeches or lists of items. These aids often incorporate the use of vivid imagery and organizational devices.

Question 5

The network that processes and stores explicit memories include the _____ and _____.

Answer 5

frontal lobes; hippocampus

Question 6

The network that processes and stores implicit memories include the _____ and _____.

Answer 6

basal ganglia; cerebellum

Question 7

Prospective

Answer 7

memory refers to our memory for intended future actions.

Question 8

Anterograde

Answer 8

amnesia involves an inability to form new memories.

Question 9

Retroactive and proactive

Answer 9

refers to a type of memory interference, not to a type of amnesia.

Question 10

Retrograde

Answer 10

amnesia involves a loss of memory of the events before a trauma.