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Psychology Test Chapters 6-8
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02/25/2009

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Define Reinforcement
Definition
an event following a response that strengthens the tendency to make that response.
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T or F

 

Negative Reinforcement works on children

Definition
False
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All reinforcements are designed to:
Definition
increase the likelihood of the response desired.
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In Pavlovs classical conditioning with the dogs, there are 2 stimuli and 2 responses

 

what are they and what were they?

Definition

 

1. UCS (unconditioned stimulus) food

 

2. UCR (unconditioned response) the dog salivating

 

3. CS (conditioned stimulus) bell

 

4. CR (conditioned response)  bell

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Define Fixed Ratio

Definition

A Fixed ration is a reinforcement given after a number non reinforced responses.

 

(Pidgeon pecking a button 8 times to get a reinforcement)

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Primary Reinforcement has ____ reinforcing properties

 

Secondary has _______ reinforcing properties

Definition

Biological

 

Acquired

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Positive reinforcement increases the rate of responding and negative reinforcement ______ the rate of responding.

Definition
It also increases the rate. They both do remember that.
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Define Systematic Desensitization:
Definition

It is a plan to overcome an obstacle, but most likely a fear.

 

EX: someone who is afraid of snakes making themselves be around snakes every day to desensitize themselves to them.

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Define Shaping:
Definition
Creating a desired behavior or getting closer to the behavior desired.
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Define Continuous Reinforcement
Definition
Reinforcing every instance of a designated response.
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Phobia is an example of a ______ response
Definition
conditioned
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What is Extinction ?
Definition
The gradual weakening or disappearance of a conditioned response tendency
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What is classical conditioning?
Definition
its a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.
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Punishment in regards to psychology is
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an event that follows a response that weakens or suprsses the tendency to make that response.
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What type of memory is it that helps you remember to brush your teeth?
Definition
Procedural
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Semantic Memory System
Definition
General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned
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Semantic network
Definition
Concepts joined together by liinks that show how the concepts are related.
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Sensory memory
Definition
 the preservation of information in its origianl sensory form for a BRIEF TIME, usually only a fraction of a second.
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Define Re-learning
Definition
It isn't totally forgotten but it is learning something anew that you once knew but was not easily located or remembered.
Term

3 SSL

 

What does this acronym stand for?

 

And how do they work?

Definition

Sensory (breif periods of time)

 

Short-term (chunking, 7 slots of memory)

 

Long term (permanentnly stored by not always easily found.

Term

3 ESR

 

What does this acronym stand for? 

 

What do they do?

Definition

Encoding - elaborate it, understand it

 

Storage -storing the memory somewhere (where to put it)

 

Retrieval - remembering or finding information stored

Term

3 ESP

 

What does this acronym stand for? 

 

What do they do?

 

Definition

episodic - memory of what happened

 

semantic - facts, peices of info

 

procedural - how to do something

Term

3 measures: RRR

 

What does this acronym stand for? 

 

What do they do?

 

Definition

Recall: where you pull something out of your mind.

 

Recognition:true false are examples of this. Multiple choice too

 

Re-learn: not on the surface but can be brought back

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The capacity of long term memory is:
Definition
infinite
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It is easiest to recall what?
Definition
that which stands out
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remember school and adult life
Definition
just remember it... it is one of the answers lol
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To do an essay exam you have to use your _____ measure of your memory
Definition
recall
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telling stories would be the _____ kind of memory
Definition
episodic
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Practicing your material over and over again would be called
Definition
over-learning
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Mnemonic is a
Definition
memory trick
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heuristic
Definition
a strategy , guiding principle, or rule of thumb used in solving problems or making decisions
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Reasoning
Definition
use info to reach a conclusion
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when it comes to inductive vs deductive, which one gets to the right answer
Definition
deductive
Term

T or F

 

IQ Tests only measure innate abilities

Definition
false
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Reliability
Definition
 the measurement consistency of a test
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Validity
Definition
the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure
Term
Remember that intelligence is highly what?
Definition
Heriditary
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There is little relatinoship between IQ and social deprivation

 

T or F

Definition
false
Term
Morality
Definition

corelates with IQ = true

 

(sorry my notes are bad lol just remember that)

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Aptitude
Definition
 a trait that characterizes an individuals ability to perform in a given area or to acquire the learning necessary to perform (how smart I am)
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acheivement
Definition
knowledge and skills that are obtained by experience
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Intelligence
Definition
the capacities to understand the world and resourcefulness to cope with its challenges.
Term
A mean is an ____
Definition
average
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IQ stands for

 

MA stand for

 

CA stands for

Definition

Intelligence quotiont

 

Mental Age - what you scored on the test

 

Chronological age - how old you are

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If a test measures what it means to measure it is
Definition
valid
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Robert sternberg
Definition
did something with tests and scoring high in analytic something or the other... I think will be like the last question of the test. Your welcome and good luck.
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