Psychology midterm Flashcards
What is the difference between Reliability vs Validity?
Reliability - Produces consistent results overtime
Validity - Measures what it says it measures
What is the purpose of psychology?
To study the human mind and behavior
What are the 3 steps to critical thinking?
1- is the source of the claim believable?
2- is there strong evidence for the claim?
3- do other believable sources agree about the claim?
What are the 5 domains of psychology?
Biological
Cognitive
Developmental
Social and personality
Mental and Physical health
What is the purpose of Institutional review boards?
that make sure all test are responsible and ethical
What is central nervous system?
the brain and spinal cord
Name 5 neurotransmitters!
Serotonin
Dopamine
Glutamate
Endorphins
Name the lobes of the brain and what they do
Frontal lobe (complex thoughts)
Parietal lobe (touch)
Occipital lobe (vison)
Temporal lobe (hearing)
Postive reinforcement is…
add enjoyable to increase behavior
Negative reinforcement is…
remove something aversive to increase behavior
Postive punishment is…
add something aversive to decrease behavior
Negative punishment is…
remove something enjoyable to decrease a behavior
Classical conditioning vs operant conditioning
Classical - Repeated pairing
Operant - behavior and its consequences
Unconditioned Stimulas
Unconditioned response
Natural stimulas
Conditioned stimules
Conditioned response
Unconditioned - doesn’t need learning
Conditioned - learning has happened
Stimulus - thing
extinction vs generalizaton
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explain
1. encoding
2. storage
3. retrieval
- encoding - processing of info so that it can be stored
- storage - the retention of encoding representations over time
- retrieval - the act of recalling or remerbeing stored info when it is needed
What is chunking?
using working memory to organize info into meaningful units to make it easier to remember
Maintenance rehearsal
using working memory processes to repeal info based on how it sounds (auditory info) provides only sallow encoding of info
What is thinking ?
the mental manipulation of rersentaion of info we encounter in our environments
What is stereotypes?
schemas that allow for easy fast processing of info about people, events, or groups based on their memberships in partical groups
