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1
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define partial reinforcement

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is a fixed ratio where a reward is given every #s of success

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2
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define fixed interval schedule

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reward first success after x amount of time Paychecks

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3
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define variable ratio schedule

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reward on average after number of successes Lottery

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what is a variable interval schedule

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reward is given on average after x amount of time

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5
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what are the three memory processes?

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Encoding the information, storing the information and retrieving information

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what are the three types of memory?

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sensory memory 1-4 secs,short term memory 5-25 secs, and long term

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7
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what are 4 memory aids?

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Rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, mnemonics, and chunking

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What are the 3 long memory types and what do they do?

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Declarative: facts and figures, procedural: how to., episodic: event memory

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9
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What are the 4 drug categories

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Stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and narcotics

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10
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What are the 4 sleep disorders?

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Insomnia, sleep walking, narcolepsy, and sudden infant death syndrome

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11
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what occurs during rem sleep?

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the muscles are paralyzed.

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12
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what does an unconditioned stimulus lead to?

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an unconditioned response

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13
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what does a conditioned stimulus lead to?

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A conditioned response

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14
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what is the result of reinforcement

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a behavior is strengthened

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15
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what is an algorithm

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a formula that leads to a correct answer

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16
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what is a heuristic?

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A mental shortcut that may lead the correct answer

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17
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what is recall?

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a memory task where Specific information must be retrieved

18
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What are two unreliable memory types?

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False memory and repressed memory

19
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What is divergent thinking?

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creative thinking

20
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what is convergent thinking ?

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thinking on a more logical level

21
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what is tip of the tongue phenomenon?

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the inability to recall information

22
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what does latent content of dreams mean

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the disguised meanings of dreams

23
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What is retroactive interference

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newly learned information affects the retrieval of older information

24
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what is proactive interference

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old information disrupts the recall of new information

25
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what is priming?

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an exposure to a word or concept that makes it easier to recall related information

26
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what is explicit memory?

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the intentional recall of information

27
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what is stimulus discrimination

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the ability to differentiate stimuli

28
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what is stimulus generalization?

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generalizing two stimuli that are alike

29
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what is the manifest content of dreams?

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the storyline of dreams

30
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What is convergent thinking?

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Logical thinking

31
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what is divergent thinking?

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Creative and out of the box thinking

32
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What are concepts ?

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Categories of things

33
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what two schedules lead to better learning?

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Variable ratio and variable interval

34
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what is confirmation bias

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rely on information that confirms your thing rather then assesing other information

35
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what is habituation?

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the decrease in response to something that provides no new info

36
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What is phonemes?]

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the smallest parts of speech

37
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What is phonology?

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The study of the smallest part of speech

38
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What are the 3 steps in problem solving?

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preperation, production, and judgement

39
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whats the difference between operant and classical conditioning?

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Operant conditioning relies on reinforcement, classical conditioning is learning by association

40
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what is extinction?

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extinction is when a learned behavior is unlearned through decrease in stimulation

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