Psych Final Review

Mother takes away her son's favorite toy when he misbehaves. Her action is an example of...
(learning)

retrospective memory involves remembering info about doing something in the ____, and prospective memory involves remembering info about doing something in the _____.

Scolding Kelly is an example of...
(learning)

Charles Darwin's work is relevant to psychology because
(human behavior)

What is a night terror?
(sleep phenomena)

When a pig's rooting behavior interferes with its learning, the phenomenon is an example of

A type of learning that does not involve trial and error is...
(learning)

The schedule of reinforcement that results in the greatest increase in behavior is...
(learning)

Any situation that involves learning
(learning)

When the answer to a problem just pops into your head, you have experienced

Boy goes to zoo for first time with father and sister. While looking at the bird display, his sister sneaks up on him and startles him. He becomes very frightened, and now when he sees birds outside or on tv, he cries. The unconditioned response is...

memory is the ____ of information or experience over a period of time

The term metacognition is the_____
(states of consciousness)

short term has a ____ capacity than sensory memory and a ___ duration

Structuralism focuses on_______, and functionalism focuses on _________
(approaches of psych)

Sleep talking is_____________
(sleep phenomena)

which of the following is consistent with the law of effect?

The organization that provides ethical guidelines for psych
(goals of psych)

faulty memory can occur due to

Friend shows you a card trick, but when you try you cannot do the second step...
(learning)

Sleepwalking is_______
(sleep phenomena)

the three processes of memory are encoding, ___, and retrieval

one of the most effective ways to make our memories distinctive is to use mental

the extensiveness of processing info at a given level is called

The approach that views psych distress as a result of persistent negative thoughts is
(approaches)

Of the following psychodynamic psychologist would be most interested with
(approaches)

The psychological approach most concerned with early childhood
(psych approaches)

the term for the failure of info to enter into long term memory is

Pavlov's dog salivates each time he hears a bell. Now, after several trials of salivating to the bell and not receiving any food, the dog stops salivating. The explanation is that
(classical conditioning)

Collecting data about the outside world is the function of (hear, see, smell, touch, taste)________, and interpreting the data collected is the function of________

sleep and dreams are most accurately viewed as
(levels of consciousness)

Shane is studying for a vocab test. When he studies the word braggart, he thinks of how his friend bill acts whenever bill wins a tennis match. Shane is processing this word at a(n)

Dog learns to associates a small blue light with being fed. The reason is...
(learning)

Referring to the hue of a light, we are referring to what we perceive as_____

when we take in info in the course of daily life, such as the words and diagrams presented during a lecture, we are using the memory process of

The approach that focuses on self-fulfillment, altruism, and personal growth is
(psych approaches)

the rules of language are knows as ____, whereas the meaning of language is know as ____.

A cat that associates the sound of a can opener with being fed has learned through
(learning)

Believing that studying hard will result in a good grade is a course is an example of

Mineka and Ohman suggest that humans' preparedness for fear of snakes emerged because of

The beginning of Psychology was
(goals of psych)

Marco, a college freshman, is sure that he knows that the name of his old little league coach, but he cannot quite pull the name out of him memory. Marco is experiencing

Another name for observational learning is...
(learning)

The one CORRECT statement among the following is
(goals of psych)

When you first arrive at a party, the music is so loud that it hurts your ears. After a couple of hours, even though the music is still the same, it does not bother you any more. This change over time describes the process of______
(Contrast sensation and perception)

_______ accounts for the finding that taste aversions develops more quickly than other types of learning

All of the following are examples of automatic thought processes except
(states of consciousness)

According to Bandura the first step of learning is...
(learning)

Of the following, the characteristics not at the heart of the scientific approach is
(goals of psych)

You tell your friends about the great time had at the local six flags amusement park. Most of the info that you have forgotten about this experience was most likely processed in your