Psych Exam 2

Question 1

The procedure of Pavlov’s dogs

Question 2

Little Albert and the UCS, UCR, CS, CR

Answer 2

UCS is the loud noise
UCR is he was startled
CS is the rats
CR is he was startled

Question 3

Extinction

Answer 3

The process of unlearning a response because the original source of the learning is removed

Question 4

Spontaneous recovery

Answer 4

Temoprary increase in the strength of a continued response. Likely to occur during extinction

Question 5

Generalization

Answer 5

When similar stimuli ellict the same response

Question 6

Discrimination

Answer 6

When you only react to the stimuli that you were trained to

Question 7

Negative reinforcement

Answer 7

Trying to increase behavior with bad otherwise

Question 8

Positive reinforcement

Answer 8

Trying to increase behavior with good things

Question 9

Punishment

Answer 9

Trying to decrease behavior

Question 10

Secondary Reinforcer

Answer 10

Things that we are taught to value like grades and trophies

Question 11

Primary Reinforcer

Answer 11

Things that are instinctivally motavating like food or water

Question 12

Shaping

Answer 12

When you give rewards for making progress toward a goal

Question 13

Fixed Variable

Answer 13

Not a fixed amount of number of times before treat
- slot machineEvery blank times you get a treat

Question 14

Fixed Ratio

Answer 14

Every blank times you get a treat

Question 15

Interval Variable

Answer 15

You get a raise after a variable amount of time

Question 16

Interval Ratio

Answer 16

Every six months you get a raise

Question 17

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 17

When you yourself want to do something

Question 18

Extrinsic Motivation

Answer 18

When you are doing something for a reward

Question 19

Stage theory of memory

Answer 19

Encoding, storage, retrival

Question 20

How does info flow though memory

Answer 20

Sensory, Short term, Long term

Question 21

Chunking

Answer 21

When you group units of memory

Question 22

Rehersal

Answer 22

When you go over info in your short term

Question 23

Semantic Memory

Answer 23

A memory without reference to time or place

Question 24

Episodic Memory

Answer 24

A memory of a expierence that can be defined in time and space

Question 25

Recall

Answer 25

When you can pull info from long term with cues

Question 26

Storage

Answer 26

The retention of info over time

Question 26

Recognition

Answer 26

When you cam pick the right answer from the ones provided

Question 27

Retrival

Answer 27

Getting info out of memory

Question 28

Elaborative Rehersal

Answer 28

When you connect new memories with old ones

Question 29

Serial Position

Answer 29

When you remember the begging and end of the series

Question 30

Encoding Failure

Answer 30

When it was never encoded in the first place

Question 31

Storage Decay

Answer 31

If you don’t use it, you loose it.

Question 32

Proactive Interference

Answer 32

When prior learning interferes with new learning

Question 33

Retroactive Interference

Answer 33

When new learning interferes with storage and retieval

Question 34

Tip of the tounge

Answer 34

When the info is in your long-term memory, but can’t be retieved

Question 34

Functional Fixedness

Answer 34

When you only thing of the objets with what they are used for

Question 35

Gamblers Fallacy

Answer 35

Erronous belief that a chance process is more likely to occur because it hasn’t happened in a while

Question 36

Reliablity

Answer 36

Repeatability of a process

Question 37

Validity

Answer 37

The accuracy

Question 38

Intelligence Quotient

Answer 38

(Mental age/Chronological age) x100

Question 39

Standardization

Question 40

Why do we standardize them?