Psy Trst 2

Question 0

Radical —- behaviorism

Answer 0

State that events in the environment cause behavior, not mental process internal events

-ex hunger cause ate 10hrs ago

Question 1

Methodology —- behaviorism

Answer 1

Adhere to this but occasionally infer mental process

• mental

Question 2

Antecedent — behaviorism

Answer 2

Produces an action

Question 3

Operation—- behaviorism.

Answer 3

Weapon display

Verbal abuse encounter bear

Question 4

Observable responses — behaviorism

Answer 4

Crying
Pleading
Fighting

Question 5

Reinforcement — key concept

Answer 5

Increases the frequency of a response

Two types— positive and negative

Question 6

Positive reinforcement

Answer 6

Favorable event occurs as a result of behaviors

Ex) study hard= good grades! get a compliment on a hair do then wear it again

Question 7

Negative reinforcement

Answer 7

Negative event withheld as a result of behavior

Ex) carry an umbrella= avoid being rained on, cleaning room

Question 8

Punishment

Answer 8

Decreases the frequency of response

Question 9

Positive punishment

Answer 9

Unpleasant event applied
Ex) violate law = jail time
Like timeout

Question 10

Negative punishment

Answer 10

Pleasant event removed

Ex) iPod taken away for lying to parents

Question 11

Shaping — bf skinner

Answer 11

Est a new response by reinforcing each successive approximation to it
Ex) let’s shape a rat to push a lever
Then what steps were taken to do the fat

Question 12

Application— bf skinner

Answer 12

Animal training 
Ex) state fair 
Persuasion
- sales person 
Brainwashing 
Breaking bad habits

Question 13

How does memory work

Answer 13

Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
memory

Question 14

Encoding— memory

Answer 14

Getting info, in via sensory stimulation

Autonomic vs effortful processing

Question 15

Storage — memory

Answer 15

retention of information

Question 16

Retrieval — memory

Answer 16

Locating and use of stored information

Question 17

Memory— memory

Answer 17

Storage strength and retrieval strength

Question 18

Classes of memory

Answer 18

Semantic
Episodic
Procedural

Question 19

Semantic— classes of memory

Answer 19

General abstract knowledge about the world

Ex) where is the Norte dame located and the coliseum

Question 20

Episodic — memory

Answer 20

Memories of events personally experienced
Ex) what was the last movie you saw, name of your first pet
—– YOUR OWN—

Question 21

Procedural — classes of memory

Answer 21

Info that cannot be verbally accessed, task performance
Ex) can you ice skate, curling tongue
— YOU LEARNED—-

Question 22

Short term memory

Answer 22

Working memory
Holds limited amounts of info for short periods of time
– 20 seconds

Question 23

Chunking — short term memory

Answer 23

A type of mnemonic
—- memory aid
Organizes units of info into manageable + meaningful “chunks”
—- acronyms

Question 24

Serial position curve — memory

Answer 24

Serial order effect

Question 25

Serial order— memory

Answer 25

At the beginning likely recalled
At end likely recalled
In the middle likely not recalled

Question 26

Long term memory

Answer 26

Explicit (declarative)

Implicit (procedural)

Question 27

Explicit (declarative) — long term memory

Answer 27

Semantic memory - general knowledge
Episodic memory (personally experienced events
—– verbally explain—

Question 28

Implicit (procedural)

Answer 28

Memory of motor skills

Things not consciously processed – like walking, chewing gum

Question 29

Flashbulb memory

Answer 29

Vivid memories of what we were doing ts the time of an event that provoked high emotions
- first kiss, 911, drove first car

Question 30

Assumptions of behaviorisms

Answer 30

It’s deterministic in nature
Mental explanations are ineffective- lead to tautology
Environmental influences are very powerful - Watson

Question 31

Classical conditioning

Answer 31

Processes in which organisms learns to associate a neutral ST w/a ST that already evokes a reflexive response

• Ivan Pavlov- Russian- study of digestive process -accidental disc
• John Watson- American little Albert

Question 32

Unconditioned stimulus UCS

Answer 32

Consistently / automatically elicits a natural response

Question 33

Unconditioned response UCR

Answer 33

An action the UCS automatically elicits

Question 34

Conditioned stimulus CS

Answer 34

ST that comes to evoke a particular response after bring paired with UCS

Question 35

Conditioned response CR

Answer 35

Whatever response to the CS begins to elicit as a result of the conditioned process

Question 36

Dog

Answer 36

CS- UCS- UCR

Question 37

Reinforcement

Answer 37

Increases the frequency of a response

Positive- favorable event occurs as a result behavior ex study hard = grades good