Midterm FRQ Terms

Question 1

Positive Reinforcement

Answer 1

Increasing behavior by presenting something positive

Question 2

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 2

Increasing behavior by getting rid of something bad

Question 3

Chunking

Answer 3

To put bits of information together to make something easier to remember.

Ex. A phone number ###-###-####

Question 4

Shaping

Answer 4

Giving little rewards along the way to the desired behavior (baby steps)

Ex. Giving a dog treats as they learn a new trick

Question 5

Positive Punishment

Answer 5

Adding something you don’t want

Question 6

Proactive interference

Answer 6

Old info gets in the way of new info

Ex. You can’t remember your new phone number because you keep remembering the old one

Question 7

Internal Locus of Control

Answer 7

Perception that you control your fate

Question 8

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 8

Learning for learning’s sake

Question 9

Mirror neurons

Answer 9

When you watch something perform a task, your brain acts like you are doing it too

Question 10

Acoustic encoding

Answer 10

Processing and encoding of sound, words, and other auditory input for storage and later retrieval

Associate info with sounds

Question 11

Modeling

Answer 11

Learning behaviors by observing others