test 2 Flashcards
after paring the ‘that was easy’ button with shooting his friend with an airsoft gun his friend began flinching after hearing ‘that was easy’ what type of response is this?
Conditioned
according to the theory when we perceive frequency we do so because tones are activated along the cochlea?
place theory
This theory of gender identity is based on observation and and learning and emphasizes reward
social learning theory
when paired with an unconditioned stimulus, the neutral stimulus becomes this…
conditioned response
an example of this response is when a dog salivates at the sight of food
unconditioned response
the level of kohlberg’s theory where moral judgements are based on abstract principals
postconventional
the minimum magnitude a stimulus can be discriminated against from no stimulus at is this?
absolute threshold
a period during which specific events must occur for development to continue normally
critical period
secure avoidant and ambivalent are examples of this, an infants tendency to seek closeness with others
attachment
an example of this type of punishment is spanking a child for swearing
positive punishment
the debate over whether development is hereditary or due to experience
nature v. nature
according to Piaget the subjective theory children develop about how the world works
schema
a sense of self marked by sexual orientation vocational direction and ideology
idenity
an example of this type of reinforcement is to stop by nagging when bobby cleans his room
negative reinforcement
an innately determined sequence of growth and change when independent of external events
maturation
and example of this type of reinforcement is giving a treat to a dog when it sits
positive reinforcement
the screening and filtering of information in our perceptual system
selective attention
this theory states that we have three independent channels for conveying color information
trichromatic
rewarding successive behavior of a target behavior often used with dogs to preform difficult tasks
shaping
hair cells inside our ears responsible for the transduction of sound
cillia
the type of stimulus that a fleck of dust in your eye is that automatically causes the eye to water
unconditioned stimulus
operant conditioning uses punishment to decrease behaviors and this to increase them
reinforcement
a theory of development whose hallmark is facing identity crises
Erikson’s psychosocial theory
