Psych Exam 2 Flashcards
The procedure of Pavlov’s dogs
Little Albert and the UCS, UCR, CS, CR
UCS is the loud noise
UCR is he was startled
CS is the rats
CR is he was startled
Extinction
The process of unlearning a response because the original source of the learning is removed
Spontaneous recovery
Temoprary increase in the strength of a continued response. Likely to occur during extinction
Generalization
When similar stimuli ellict the same response
Discrimination
When you only react to the stimuli that you were trained to
Negative reinforcement
Trying to increase behavior with bad otherwise
Positive reinforcement
Trying to increase behavior with good things
Punishment
Trying to decrease behavior
Secondary Reinforcer
Things that we are taught to value like grades and trophies
Primary Reinforcer
Things that are instinctivally motavating like food or water
Shaping
When you give rewards for making progress toward a goal
Fixed Variable
Not a fixed amount of number of times before treat
- slot machineEvery blank times you get a treat
Fixed Ratio
Every blank times you get a treat
Interval Variable
You get a raise after a variable amount of time
Interval Ratio
Every six months you get a raise
Intrinsic Motivation
When you yourself want to do something
Extrinsic Motivation
When you are doing something for a reward
Stage theory of memory
Encoding, storage, retrival
How does info flow though memory
Sensory, Short term, Long term
Chunking
When you group units of memory
Rehersal
When you go over info in your short term
Semantic Memory
A memory without reference to time or place
Episodic Memory
A memory of a expierence that can be defined in time and space
Recall
When you can pull info from long term with cues
Storage
The retention of info over time
Recognition
When you cam pick the right answer from the ones provided
Retrival
Getting info out of memory
Elaborative Rehersal
When you connect new memories with old ones
Serial Position
When you remember the begging and end of the series
Encoding Failure
When it was never encoded in the first place
Storage Decay
If you don’t use it, you loose it.
Proactive Interference
When prior learning interferes with new learning
Retroactive Interference
When new learning interferes with storage and retieval
Tip of the tounge
When the info is in your long-term memory, but can’t be retieved
Functional Fixedness
When you only thing of the objets with what they are used for
Gamblers Fallacy
Erronous belief that a chance process is more likely to occur because it hasn’t happened in a while
Reliablity
Repeatability of a process
Validity
The accuracy
Intelligence Quotient
(Mental age/Chronological age) x100
Standardization
Why do we standardize them?
