Mastery Psych

About half of all secondary reinforcers are related to primary reinforcers

the "Little Albert" experiment would not be allowed today because of ethical considerations

When psychologists study cognition, they study how complex knowledge is obtained, processed and organized

Classical conditioning is the most complex and sophisticated method of learning

operant conditioning requires some action on the part of the learner

Albert Bandura stated that we learn from observation and imitation

The gradual loss of an association over time is referred to as discrimination

Learning from the consequences of one's actions is operant conditioning

Mary Cover Jones did research on how to overcome phobias

In an operant conditioning experiment the subject is active

retains information for a few minutes or less

The belief that we forget because new and old material conflict with one another

_____ transfer: a transfer of learning that results from similarities between two tasks

the extent to which you are focusing on material being learned

____ transfer: an interference with learning due to differences between two otherwise similar task.

The ability to recall and integrate many specific learned details

The process of learning something beyond one perfect recitation so that the forgetting curve will have no effect

remembering the items you need to purchase in the grocery store by organizing them into groups such as fresh vegetables, dariy products and drinks

the process of attaching a maximum number of associations to a basic concept or other material to be learned so that it can be retrieved more easily

solidifying memories over time until eventually they become permanent

unusual associations made to material to aid memory

Graphic representation of the speed at which forgetting information occurs over time

being able to pick the correct item from a list of choices

According to Freud the part of the personality that makes us feel guilty is called the

one's psychological mask or ______ hides one's real personality

Those psychologists who broke away from freud to emphasize social forces are sometimes referred to as

erikson's term for sharing a special closeness with another is called

according to maslow a person who strives to fulfill his or her potential is becoming

if we take a test in april and score high and take the same test in may and score low the test may not be highly

teachers pets may benefit from the

if 98 percent of the population answer a question in a similar way they are establishing a pattern or a

test a is supposed to measure intelligence, and it does. The test therefore has a high degree of

Gathering information by observing people in different settings and situations is called