Psych - Unit 4

Question 1

classical conditioning

Answer 1

a stimulus becomes assoc. w/ an involuntary behavior, over time the stimulus prompts that same behavior

Question 2

acquisition

Answer 2

the initial learning of a conditioned response

Question 3

avoidance learning

Answer 3

using pain/danger to induce classical conditioning

Question 4

conditioned emotional response

Answer 4

classical conditioning using an emotion memory or other emotional association

Question 5

extinction

Answer 5

when the classical conditioning starts to diminish

Question 6

food aversion

Answer 6

when a food makes you sick, you think it will always make you sick

Question 7

operant conditioning

Answer 7

a stimulus becomes assoc. w/ a voluntary behavior, over time the stimulus prompts that same behavior

Question 8

law of effect

Answer 8

behaviors resulting in positive outcome will be repeated

Question 9

positive reinforcement

Answer 9

rewarding for good behavior

Question 10

negative reinforcement

Answer 10

removing the person causing the bad behavior - ex taking a child home

Question 11

negative punishment

Answer 11

undesired consequences to bad behavior - a whoopin

Question 12

positive punishment

Answer 12

removal of something desired as punishment for bad behavior

Question 13

semantic memories

Answer 13

memorized meanings of words that you ‘just know’

Question 14

episodic memories

Answer 14

memory of event, including what, where, when, why

Question 15

explicit memories

Answer 15

voluntarily retrieved from long term memory (something you have learned)

Question 16

implicit memories

Answer 16

involuntary, you do not need to think about them (riding a bike)

Question 17

habit

Answer 17

automatic response to stimuli

Question 18

controlled processing

Answer 18

beginning of learning that requires attention and explicit memories

Question 19

automatic processing

Answer 19

after much practice, implicit memories are used

Question 20

priming

Answer 20

when a pre-existing memory lingers and aids in future learning or perception

Question 21

sensory memory

Answer 21

first memory store, automatic, lot of info in one second

Question 22

short term memory

Answer 22

second memory store, little info in 30 seconds

Question 23

long term memory

Answer 23

last memory store, lots of info, stored forever

Question 24

recall

Answer 24

retrieving facts from memory

Question 25

recognition

Answer 25

identify stimulus, later make an association

Question 26

state-dependent retrieval

Answer 26

state at which you learned needs to be same state for you to remember

Question 27

false memories

Answer 27

believing a memory that is not yours is true

Question 28

distorted memories

Answer 28

getting info about something that makes you question or change your memory i.e the movie inception

Question 29

encoding failure

Answer 29

not processing info well enough to be stored long term

Question 30

retroactive interference

Answer 30

learning new info, causes you to forget old info

Question 31

proactive interference

Answer 31

memory of old info, prevents you from learning new info

Question 32

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 32

cant remember the past

Question 33

anterograde amnesia

Answer 33

cant remember five minutes ago - ex. Dory