Psychology

Define Learning: relatively permanent changes in a behavioral tendency as a result of experience What…

psychotherapy the treatment of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems through the use of psychological techniques…

learning process of acquiring new and relatively enduring info or behaviors conditioning process of learning…

NON-EXPERIMAENTAL METHODS non-experimental method: gather data that are quantitative (E.G. survey) triangulation = combine different…

Associative Learning Definition: learning that certain evetns occur together. The events may be two stimuli…

Medulla What part of the brain controls the beating of heart and lungs? Pons What…

associative learning learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli or…

Psychobiology The area of psychology that focuses on the biological foundations of behavior and mental…

Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events defines attention Kwan is driving…

Ivan Pavlov Russian physiologist (person who studies the workings of the body) who discovered classical…

Instrumental (Operant) Learning A form of learning. In it, an individual changes its behavior because…

Ivan Pavlov Russian physiologist – his original study was about saliva and gastric secretions in…

Learning A relatively permanent change in behavior (or behavioral potential) as a result of experience….

learning A relatively permanent change in behavior, knowledge, capability, or attitude that is acquired through…

The space between neurons in the brain most likely contributes to complex thinking in humans….

Psychology Scientific study of behavior and mental processes Behavior includes all of our outward or…

NULL HYPOTHESIS AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESIS Null hypothesis = predicts that there will be no results…

psychology the science of behavior and mental processes nature-nurture issue the long-standing controversy over the…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) An chronic organic brain syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline…

What is observational learning? Occurs when someone uses observation of another person’s actions and their…