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Mid-Term Chapters 1, 7, & 8 Flashcards

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A sample that is not truly representative of the the population from which it was drawn

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Biased Sample

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A descriptive research method in which the researcher gathers detailed, qualitative information from a single individual

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Case Study

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Those participants in an experiment who do not receive the level of the independent variable that is of primary interest to the searchers, but are used instead for comparison purposes

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Control group

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In an experiment, any variable that exerts a measurable effect on the dependent variable without the knowledge of the experimenter. One whose values change systematically along with changes in the values of the independent variable.

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Confounding Variable

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A method of study in which the researcher measures two or more variables as they already exist to see if there is an association between them

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Correlational Research

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The variable being measured in an experiment to determine if the manipulation of the independent variable has had any effect

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Dependent Variable

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When the purpose of a study, its procedures, and its potential value, are explained to a participant after his or her participation is complete.

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Debriefing

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In an experiment, when both those running the experiment and the research participants are unaware of which level of the independent variable each participant is receiving and/or are unaware of the nature of the researchers’ hypothesis

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Double-blind

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The idea that knowledge should be obtained through personal experience

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Empirical

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A set of orderly rules for correct behavior, particularly within some specific discipline or workplace

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Ethics

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Those participants in an experiment who receive the level of the independent variable whose effects on a dependent variable are of primary interest to the researchers

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Experimental Group

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The degree to which research results may generalize to the world outside the laboratory

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External Validity

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A specific, testable predictions about what will happen given certain circumstances

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Hypothesis

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The variable being manipulated in an experiment to determine possible effects on a dependent variable. “Free” to take on any values the investigator decides to give it

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Independent Variable

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When those participating in a research study have a thorough understanding of the study’s potential risks and benefits. Cornerstone of the ethical conduct of research involving human beings

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Informed Consent

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The values assigned by the experimenter to the independent variable

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Levels of the independent variable

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A descriptive research method used to systematically observe “real life” behavior in a naturalistic setting

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Naturalistic Observation

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A precise definition of a variable in terms that can be utilized for a research study

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Operational Definition

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When each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any of the conditions of the experiment

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Random Assignment (to Conditions)

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When a research study is repeated by other researchers working independently. May be exact, following the procedures of the original study to the letter, or they may be conceptual-repeating the essence of the study but using somewhat different procedures, variables, or operational definitions

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Replication

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Individual items that are grouped together in memory because they are meaningfully associated with one another (but only weakly related or unrelated to items in others)

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Chunks

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When retrieval of a memory is enhanced in contexts that were similar to the one that existed when the memory was encoded

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Context-Dependent Memory

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Mentally encoding information into long-term memory in a way that is personally meaningful and associates the new information that already exists in long-term memory

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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The memory process of “translating” sensory impressions into meaningful perceptions that may then be stored as memory

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Encoding

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Memories acquired through personal experience. One subtype of explicit (declarative) memory

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Episodic Memory

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Conscious memories for personal experiences (episodic memory) or facts about the world (semantic memory)

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explicit memory

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Memory of an event that did not actually occur. In some cases, blatantly inaccurate recollection of details of an event that did occur

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False Memory

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A memory that affects how we behave without our conscious awareness of the memory itself

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Implicit Memory

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The deepest level of encoding of information-a theoretically limited memory stored that contains memories for facts, autobiographical events, and learned skills.

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Long-term memory

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Actively repeating or thinking about information so that it remains in short-term memory

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Maintenance Rehearsal

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From the cognition perspective, it involves the encoding, storage, and and retrieval of information. Learning-induced changes in the activity of neurons

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Memory

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The amount of information that an be held in a memory stored at on time.

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Memory Span

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Implicit memory for skills involving motor coordination.

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Procedural Memory

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Recognizing or recalling something from the long-term memory

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Retrieval

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Any hint or association that helps one retrieve a long-term memory

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Retrieval Cue

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Memory for facts one has learned, as opposed to personal experiences.

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Semantic memory

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Memory encoded according to the meaning of the stimulus

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Semantic Encoding

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The memory stage that briefly stores large amounts of fleeting sensory impressions.
Composed of iconic (visual) store and echoic (auditory) store

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Sensory Memory

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Memory stored used for attending to information in the short term. Limited in the length of time the memory can remain active- no longer than about 20 seconds. Limits the amount of information that can be stored.

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Short-term memory

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When retrieval of memory is enhanced by internal states such as mood or drug effects that we’re present when the memory was encoded

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State-dependent memory

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“What happens” in short-term memory when information is manipulated or processed “online”

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Working Memory

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When the research participants are unaware of which level of the independent variable they have received and/or are unaware of the nature of the researcher’s hypothesis

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Blind Control

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  1. Random assignment to conditions
  2. Use of control conditions
  3. Control over confounding variables
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Conditions of Independent Variable

44
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Encode, storage, and retrieval

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Levels of Processing Memory

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Changes in an organism’s knowledge or behavior that result from the association of two or more events or stimuli, or of a stimulus and a response.

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Associative Learning

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A type of associative learning discovered by Ivan Pavlov. Occurs when an innate response known as the unconditioned response is triggered by a neutral stimulus as a result of repeated parings of the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus. The UCS is a stimulus that would naturally trigger the reflexive response without a conditioning procedure

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Classical Conditioning

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In classical conditioning, the innate unconditioned response after it has come to be elicited by the a neutral stimulus

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Conditioned Response

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In classical conditioning, originally neutral stimulus that comes to elicit the innate, UCR after conditioning

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Conditioned Stimulus

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When one neutral stimulus produces a conditioned response, but another similar neutral stimulus does not

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Discrimination

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When a learned behavior ceases to be performed. when the CS occurs repeated without being paired with the UCS

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Extinction

51
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When an animal displays a CR to a neutral stimulus that is similar, but not identical, to the CS

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Generalization

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Simple type of nonassociative learning that occurs when a stimulus comes to elicit decreasing response from an organism as a result of the organism’s repeated exposure to the stimulus over time

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Habituation

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A fundamental way that organisms change. Involves relatively enduring change in knowledge and/or behavior resulting from specific experiences

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Learning

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When the consequence of a behavior is the removal of something reinforcing, generally something rewarding

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Negative Punishment

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When a behavior is reinforce through the removal of something that decreases the likelihood of the behavior. Something aversive or unpleasant that is removed in negative reinforcement

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Negative Reinforcement

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Any behavior of an organism that produces a consequence that is either reinforcing or punishing.

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Operant Behavior

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The apparatus B. F. Skinner designed to study operant learning in rats. Includes a container of food pellets in a container mounted to the outside of the cage, designed so that the pellets will be delivered to the rat when the rat presses down on a lever near its food tray. The cage is placed within a sound-proof, temperature controlled, ventilated chamber.

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Operant Chamber (Skinner Box)

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A form of conditioning in which the consequences of a behavior affect the probability that the behavior will be repeated in the future.

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Operant learning

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When a behavior is reinforced periodically rather than continuously.

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Partial Reinforcement

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When a behavior is reinforced through the addition or presentation of something that increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated

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Positive Reinforcement

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When the consequence of a behavior decreases the likelihood that it will continue or be repeated in the future

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Punishment

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when the consequence of a behavior increases the likelihood that the behavior will continue or be repeated in the future

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Reinforcement

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A simple type of nonassociative learning that occurs when a stimulus comes to elicit increased response from an organism as a result of the organism’s repeated exposure to the stimulus over time.

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Sensitization

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When an extinguished behavior reemerges (but in a somewhat weaker from) after the organism has rested from exposure to the classically conditioned stimulus.

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Spontaneous Recovery

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The innate or otherwise reflexive response triggered without conditioning by an unconditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned Response

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The stimulus that naturally triggers the innate response (UCR)

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Unconditioned Stimulus

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