Psychology Exam 2 Brandon Flashcards

Cedric tells a new acquaintance that is “from Chicago” but when he learns that this man is also a Chicago native he corrects by listing he specific neighborhood in which he lives. This is called

Edward Thorndike’s ________ says that behaviors that are followed by consequences that are satisfying to the organism are more likely to be repeated.

The recall of false autobiographical memories is known as

Pronouns like “I”, “me”, and “my” are used more often in ________ cultures.

The ________ carries visual information from the retina to the brain.

Researchers ________ concluded that language determines thoughts.

Which of the following is an example of a variable interval reinforcement schedule?

Baby Aiden is born with an ability to learn any and all languages, but will grow to have a difficult time discriminating between phonemes used in other languages besides his native English at around

What are the three types of encoding?

Amira came to the United States for college. She has near perfect English, but her roommates tease her when she accidentally asks, “did you shower yourself today?” instead of, “did you take a shower?” This is an example of incorrect ________ structure.

Wendy’s belief that rabbits are cute, fun, and intelligent animals is an example of a

Kyle from Mississippi asks Brandon from Boston if he wants a “coke,” and Brandon says, “No thanks, I’ll have a Sprite instead,” even though Sprite cans were the only drinks Kyle had to offer. Brandon didn’t understand that Kyle refers to all sodas and soft drinks and cokes. This is due to differences in

Which is an example of negative reinforcement?

Which of the following sequences demonstrates the correct order of the components of language from the smallest component to the broadest?

Janelle gets a dollar from her mom every time she learns a song on the piano. This increases her desire to practice the piano and is an example of

Rylee has moved to a new city and is visiting the doctor for the first time. Even though she’s never been before, she goes to the check-in counter first and then waits patiently in the waiting room chairs. She does this because

Hwan is extremely afraid of flying but is looking forward to a Spring Break trip to the coast with his friends. He decides that driving would be safer, so he convinces his roommate to cancel his flight to join him in the car. He is making this decision based on a/an

According to research by Rosenblum, Miller, and Sanchez, watching (but not hearing) a person speak enables you to

When a previously learned behavior disappears because the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus, we call it ________.

If your memory of the home run you hit in the softball game becomes exaggerated to enhance your own performance, then you have fallen prey to a common memory tendency to distort your memories to fit your feelings about the world. This is called

Leini is working on building a bookshelf in her backyard when she gets a terrible itch on her back. She gripes about not being able to reach it, and goes inside to look for a back-scratcher or a kitchen spoon. She could have just used the hammer she was holding in her hand, but she didn’t think of that. This is an example of

Monthly paychecks are an example of which type of reinforcement schedule?

What is a major problem with intelligence tests mentioned in the text?

When trying to remember a list of words, a person may choose a word to which they “hang” their memories on. This type of mnemonic device is called the ________ technique.

The day Kim is in Nairobi she notices the honking, engine sounds, yelling, and other street noises. By the second day, however, she no longer notices these. Which of the following is the best explanation?

What is the basic sound unit of a language?

Which is an example of operant conditioning?

Which is the faster technique for solving a problem?

________ provide step-by-step instructions for solving a problem or performing a task.

Acquiring knowledge and skills through experience is called ________.

You are trying to enter a prize drawing at the radio station but the lines are busy. You continue to call every 1-5 minutes hoping to get on the air. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

The ________ shows that each generation tends to have a higher IQ than the last generation.

An IQ score of 70 would be described as

Define originality.

Learning that does not reveal itself until it is needed is called

As people age, they hold on to their accumulated knowledge and memories and tend to increase in emotional intelligence. There is typically a decline, however, in their ability to see complex relationships and solve problems. This is a decline in ________ intelligence.

Someone who understands their own emotions, shows empathy, and understands social relationships and cues would have high ________ intelligence.

When Janet feels the wind blowing on her face this is an example of ________.

Pronoun drop is more likely to occur in ________ cultures.

When questioning a victim about the perpetrator of a crime, the police should

In the movie “50 First Dates,” the main character wakes up each day not remembering the day before or having met her new boyfriend. She suffers from ________ amnesia.

Which of the following is a description of the Remote Associates Test (RAT)

Gossip, making up 60-70% of conversations, is argued to be an important part of defining ________ in regulating the social world.

In order for something to be classified as creative, it should be original

Before a memory makes it to long-term memory, it must first pass through ________ and short-term memory.

Ronaldo was on the state champion soccer team in high school and has fond memories of his experiences with the team. When his son asks Ronaldo about his old coach and what it was like to play on such a great team, Ronaldo remembers only a couple of things about the season, even though he spent hours everyday with the team. This is an example of

What happened when the participants were asked to draw the size of the hole?

A rat is placed in an environment where the floor gives the rat small electric shocks. The only way to get rid of the shocks is to press a lever in the corner of the box. The rat quickly learns to press the lever. This is an example of

Which sense pertains to body movement and awareness?

Subliminal messaging

Holly was sitting on her bed when she remembered she needed to call her mom about what to do for her grandma’s birthday. She got up and did a few dishes before calling her mom, but then she forgot why she had needed to call. She retraced her steps back to her bed, then suddenly rememberd the purpose of the call. This can be explained by the

This arrow is pointing to which part of the ear?

When H.M. had his hippocampus removed, he was

Long-term memories you have to consciously think about are

Sierra and her family are on vacation at the beach. They eat lasagna for dinner and then head out to the waves. Sierra tries boogie boarding and ends up swallowing a mouthful of salt water, which makes her sick to her stomach. The next time someone offers her lasagna, the thought of it makes Sierra feel sick. This is an example of a/an ________.

Henry is observing beetles for his biology project. They return to their nest at unpredictable intervals all day long, so Henry keeps a close watch all day. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

Which type of reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities that are not learned?

Shaquallah suffered a head injury in a soccer game and can remember everything from her past, but can no longer make new memories. What type of amnesia does she have?

The ________ says that memories are processed the same way that a computer processes information.

The units of language from the smallest unit to the largest are

When Rosalie falls asleep at a park next to an elementary school, the ringing bell wakes her up. She immediately jumps to her feet and starts to pack up her bag because she has been conditioned to think the ringing bell signifies the end of class and the need to go somewhere else. When Rosalie was little, before ever attending school, the sound of a bell was a

Officially, insects are a class of invertebrates a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. This description is a

The loudness of a sound is determined by the ________ of sound waves.

According to the principles of social learning theory, Claire is likely to demonstrate aggressive behavior if she

Which is the correct sequence that describes how sound reaches the brain?

Janet was involved in a car accident when traveling with her mom at age 7. She remembers asking her mom a question, causing her mom to look backwards and hit the car in front of them. While talking about it with her mom, she says that it was, in fact, her brother who asked the question, but he had always blamed it on Janet. This is an example of the ________.

This arrow is pointing to which part of the ear?

Confusing the source of information is called

How could you design an experiment around the social learning theory?

Fluid found in the part of the ear pictured here stimulate hair cells in the organ of Corti.

At a football game, your friend from ten rows down yells at you to bring them some of your popcorn. At first you couldn’t understand what they were asking, but once you saw their mouth, you could make out the request. This is consistent with the

Gabe was essentially fluent in French in elementary school when he lived in Canada, but then moved away until he got a job offer to work in Paris during his 20s. He picks it up again surprisingly fast. This is an example of ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system.

Water, food, and sleep are examples of

According to the law of effect, behaviors that are followed by consequences that are satisfying to the organism are more likely

A stimulus presented below the absolute threshold is called

Mariah is nervous about giving birth to her first baby, but takes a hypnobirthing class and becomes excited about the possibility of having a pain-free birth. The idea that Mariah can control her pain experience in consistent with the

Rewarding successive approximations towards a target behavior is known as

This arrow is pointing to which part of the ear?

Samantha needs to remember a string of numbers, and does so by associating each set of numbers with the jersey numbers worn by her favorite football players. This is an example of ________ encoding.

________ was asked by the French government to develop an intelligence test to use on children to determine which ones might have difficulty in school.

Perception is

The vibration of the ________ causes the ossicles to move.

How does someone who has never been to a Starbucks before know to order and pay at the counter and then wait for their food to be ready?

Grant and Reid are six-year old twins. They want to find a way to get the frisbee off of the room without asking for help, so Grant climbs a tree in order to push down a branch so that Reid can reach it. They wiggle the branch until it snaps, then use the branch with fan of leaves to sweep down the frisbee. Their solution relies on ________ intelligence.

The first intelligence test, aimed to test for children who might struggle in school, was designed by

What is the function of this part of the ear?

Punishment ________ the likelihood that a behavior will occur while reinforcement ________ the likelihood of a behavior.

Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of similarity, and proximity?

The fact that Elon can remember more words on his German test while taking the exam inside his classroom (instead of the testing center) can be explained by the

Caroline met a new friend named Wendy. Wendy was wearing a green shirt, which reminded Caroline of Peter Pan, so Caroline plans to remember Peter Pan when she thinks about her new friend’s name. This is an example of

Looking for evidence to back up the way you already feel about something is an example of

________ revised the Stanford-Binet Intelligence scale to include more subfields. There are now many offshoots of his original test, including the popular WAIS.

When the brain receives nociceptive signals from the body

What has research shown about processing subliminal messages?

An exceptionally clear recollection of an important event, such as 9/11, is a ________.

Susan is undergoing chemotherapy, which makes her feel nauseous. Now she feels nauseous the moment she walks into the doctor’s office. What is the unconditioned response in this situation?

Merkel’s disks and Ruffini corpuscles are examples of

The brain’s descending pain modulatory system

Matthias watched his older brother get arrested for selling drugs. He followed the steps of the modeling process to know that he doesn’t want to get involved with selling drugs himself. These steps are:

The opponent-process theory is supported by

Destiny is excellent at working with shapes and models. Her dream job is to design for Lego one day. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.

Which is the independent variable in Jessica Witt’s study?

Colton is an average middle school student who has a good group of friends and enjoys practicing the drums and playing baseball. Despite this, he struggles with writing and has a hard time putting his thoughts on paper. Which learning disability does he have?

Shianne tells the group of people at the table at her workshop that she’s from Salt Lake City. A young man replies that he is also from Salt Lake, so he askes Shianne what area she’s from. Shianne admits that she is really from Bountiful, which is north of Salt Lake City. The fact that she gives this additional information is an example of

When a person or animal makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together, they are exemplifying ________ learning.

Positive Reinforcement refers to a situation where ________.

Internet search engines use ________ to show the appropriate results

Based on changes in the weather, bears typically hibernate for half the year. This is an example of an innate behavior, known as a

Which sense pertains to balance?

How does a cochlear implant enable the deaf to hear?

Money is an example of which type of reinforcer?

Hearing aids are ineffective in treating

Which idea says that if you want to remember a piece of information, you should think about it more deeply and link it to other information?

H.M. was unable to form any new semantic memories because of the removal of his ________.

Jaxon sat down next to Harvey on the bus and immediately asked, “did you see Harper’s stats last night?” Because they share ________, Jaxon didn’t need to explain that he was talking about the baseball game.

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is correct?

Kyle sees a flashing light in the distance. This is an example of

________ is confusing the source of information.

Memory of brief events, like the smell of french fries you pass on the way to the corner store, are stored in ________ memory.

Which part of the ear is most involved in motion and balance?

It something is original, it is

The fact that Chinese speakers may be more likely to think about time on a vertical or a horizontal plane is an example of

Jessica Witt’s study tested

Explicit memories include ________ and episodic memory.

Light energy with very low amplitude would be perceived as ________

In the modeling process, you learn by watching someone else. Sophie learns by watching her older brother get in trouble for staying out too late that she should also not stay out late. Sophie learned this by following the steps of the modeling process, which are

________ cues require only one eye.

Two-thirds of typical conversations are about ________.

Sean wants to teach his dog to turn the light on. What would be the best way to train his dog, utilizing the idea of shaping? might he do that using the concept of shaping?

The most visible part of the ear is the

Reinforcement differs from punishment in that ________.

The pervasive daily stress of poverty and resulting impact on brain development may explain

Demarcus suffered a concussion in his first lacrosse match, causing him to forget everything that happened prior to the match. He has ________ amnesia.

Bryson remembers nothing before his concussion happened, meaning he has ________ amnesia. If he were unable to learn new things, he would have ________ amnesia.

Which component of a classically conditioned behavior automatically elicits a reaction? For example, dimming the lights will cause the eyes to dilate.

Rihanna has difficulty spelling words correctly while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have?

If a sound wave has a high amplitude, it will

Oprah is known for her ability to understand others and help them feel comfortable. What type of intelligence does she have a lot of?

Mental sets occur

Memory aids that help us organize information for encoding are called

In the study with Little Albert, he was conditioned to fear a rabbit because it was paired with a frightening loud sound. In this example, what was the unconditioned stimulus?

Sven eats popcorn every time he goes to the movies. He goes to a new theatre with no concessions and finds that his mouth is watering for popcorn the entire time. In this example, what is the conditioned stimulus?

Kieran is attempting to condition a parrot to greet him when he enters the room. He repeatedly pairs his entry to the room with a treat for the parrot. Kieran can say that ________ has occurred as soon as the parrot greets him in response to his entry.

Doing something and then being influenced by what happens as a consequence of the thing you did is the basic idea behind ________.

Which of the following is an example of fixed ratio reinforcement schedule?

Napoleon works at the golf course. In addition to his salary, they told him he can get $10 for every bucket he fills with stray balls he finds scattered throughout the course. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

The best example of a concept is a

A bell curve relies on a ________ sample.

Tyler is learning to read and write but having a difficult time. He sometimes switches up the letters and words in the sentences and almost always writes his name backwards. Which learning disability does he have?

The average IQ score is

Multi-modal perception is the idea that

What was the most important takeaway from Ivan Pavlov’s experiment with dogs?

The average IQ score is

Comparing which cell phone to buy and contrasting the different contracts that come with each purchase in an example of using ________ intelligence.

________ reinforcement is giving a reinforcer every time that a behavior is displayed.

London remembers a time when she was young when she got lost in a department store and couldn’t find her mom. When talking to her family about it, they corrected her memory and said that it was actually her sister who was lost, and that she had just been present. Over time, the source of her original memory became confused. This is an example of

While you may not notice the change in the music’s volume while at a party, you would definitely notice the change if you were trying to study in a quiet library. This supports the idea that the difference threshold is a constant fraction of the original stimulus, also known as

What is the main idea of levels of processing theory?

According to the trichromatic theory of color vision, ________ in the retina are responsive to red, green, and blue.

________ is the recall of false autobiographical memories.

When rats had their ________ removed, they no longer experienced their fear memory.

How did the perceived hole size affect the putting performance of participants?

Which is an example of a positive reinforcer?

What did the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart suggest about intelligence? The findings from this study ________.

Episodic memories and semantic memories are both examples of ________ memory.

The findings from the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart suggested that

Smelling the lingering scent of the fish you reheated in the microwave is an example of

When the source of a memory is confused, like you think the storyline of a t.v. show you watched actually happened to you in real life, it is called

Mason has a cochlear implant. He is able to hear because the implant

Jake and Jack are identical twins, but Jake was born almost 15 minutes before Jack. They also have two sisters, Deondra and Daphne, who are 3 years and 6 years younger than them. Who is most likely to have the same IQ score?

“Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” (PEMDAS) is a popular way for math teachers to help their students remember the order of operations (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction). This is an example of

Because Jackie has seen so many documentaries about shark attacks, she is afraid to swim in the ocean. Chris tries to convince her that she’s overreacting because more people actually die from bee stings than shark bites. Jackie’s belief is an example of the

Remembering ________ is a good example of episodic memory

Sierra turns off her car right before the last line of chorus of a popular song. Moments later while inside the store, she finds herself singing the last line. This exemplifies the gestalt principle of

Olfactory receptor cells pick up odor molecules which get turned into electrical impulses that send messages to the brain via the ________.

Darkness will naturally cause your pupils to dilate, since they are opening up to let it more light from the surroundings. Light causes the pupil to contract. Knowing this, how could you design a classical conditioning experiment forcing the pupils to dilate?

Lewis Termin did research on those with ________ IQs and found them to be well-adjusted adults.

Shelter, sex, and touch are examples of

Students were asked about the speed of cars involved in an accident. When the verb was changed from “contacted” to “smashed”, ________.

Which of the following is an example of a fixed interval reinforcement schedule?

Demarco was good at every sport growing up, but decided to focus on just baseball and the discus once he got to college. What area of intelligence does he exemplify?

Which correctly describes the process of hearing?

________ interference occurs when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information, while ________ interference happens when information learned more recently hinders the recall of older information.

Jaimie doesn’t have much time before her class, and she still needs to find a ride to the airport, print off her assignment, and text her manager about changing her shift. Her best strategy for solving these problems will be to use

Illusions are valuable to psychologists because they are used to

Raul can remember exactly where on the page in his textbook he saw a picture of a pie chart about the percentages of the U.S. population that say their favorite colors are either red, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This is an example of ________ encoding

Sea turtles moving toward the ocean immediately after birth, and joeys moving to the mother’s pouch immediately after birth are examples of ________.

Learning how to operate new program on your computer would require ________ intelligence.

The basic idea behind observational learning is that

Jonas loves working as a TA for his Physics professor and especially loves the excitement involved in solving problems. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.

If you walk through a busy crowd and feel a few different people bump and push past you as they walk by, which skin receptors would be activated?

Austin has never met one of his work colleagues, having only interacted online or on the phone. He’s still able to pick out his coworker at a conference in a room full of people because of

Amy studied German in high school but began studying French once in college. When she meets another German student, she can’t seem to find any German words to stay, and instead only remembers French. This is an example of ________ interference.

When a memory fades over time, it is called

Participants in Daniel Simons’ and Christopher Chabris’ study were asked to watch people pass a basketball. Because they were focused on doing so, the didn’t see a gorilla walk across the screen. This phenomenon is called

Mary Claire watches her father bake bread every Sunday afternoon. Eventually, she starts to join him in the kitchen and he shows her the ropes of how it’s done. After years of doing this together, Mary Claire decides she wants to open a bakery. This exemplifies

Children who live in poverty perform worse on intelligence tests because they________.

The processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over time is known as

Pitch is determined by the ________ of sound waves.

________ fire in response to any potential tissue-damaging stimu

What do paint, doll, and cat all have in common?

The idea that we perceive the world while utilizing a combination of senses is known as

________ broke the constraints of ________, which emphasized that learning was the direct consequence of conditioning to stimuli.

When Martha first visits her Aunt and Uncle’s house, the smell of fish is overwhelming, but after an hour, she doesn’t even notice it’s there. What explains this

If you need to remember the names of all 50 states, the most recommended technique would be for you to

Congenital deafness is

Ezra got a new phone number, but keeps giving out his old phone number on accident when people ask him. This is an example of ________ interference.

About 2% of the population have

Derek’s email log-in forced him to create a new password, but now when he logs on, he only remembers his old password. This is an example of ________ interference.

Which type of intelligence is sometimes called “street smarts”?

The fact that the base of the basilar membrane responds best to high frequencies supports the ________ theory of hearing.

5-year-old Camille is learning about the food groups. Her prototype for a vegetable is most likely a

Caleb uses the words “sofa” “soda” and “dinner” instead of “couch” “soft drink” and “supper.” When the others in the conversations use the same words, the people talking have adopted the same

Doug cannot find his keys, but cannot remember where. This is an example of

Chinese speakers

When Brad got into a minor car accident, he hopped right out of the car to assess the damage. He didn’t notice until later that night that he had a pretty serious cut on his leg. The fact that he didn’t notice is consisted with the

Anna is competing on Jeopardy!. She. can accurately judge the distance between her finger and the buzzer and knows just how hard to press because of

Which is an example of a morpheme?

The “I knew it all along” phenomenon is known as

When Justin’s dog hears the sound of a car door slam outside, she excitedly runs to the door and barks. This is an example of

Most modern intelligence tests, such as the newly developed WISC-V, are based off of work done by

If your eyes see someone saying “ball” but the word you hear is “doll”, the struggle to make sense of that information in your brain is consistent with

Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?

4-year old Jada is learning about animals. Her prototype for an amphibians is most likely a

You walk by the same billboard on the way to school each day, but have never actually looked at it. When asked to guess which billboard it was from a selection of billboards, you somehow identify the right one because

________ is well known for his research on animals and pigeons. He even created an operant conditioning chamber designed to reward animals for specific behaviors.

Because taste and smell have sensory receptors that respond to molecules, they are considered

In Pavlov’s classic experiment with dogs, the unconditioned response is ________ and the conditioned response is ________.

Cillian can remember a great deal of numbers because he groups them all in sets of 3 and thinks of them as batting averages. He is using the technique of ________

Stickers on a sticker chart are an example of which type of reinforcer?

Anywhere between 30–70% of individuals with diagnosed cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have some sort of ________.

Which linguist(s) proposed that the thoughts that an individual has are determined by the language that he or she uses?

Using the different images that each eye receives in order to perceive depth is called using ________ cues.

When surrounded by smaller circles, a center circle will appear ________ than if surrounded by larger circles.

In order for ________ to occur, it is best if the interval between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is small, sometimes just a matter of seconds.

Which is an example of classical conditioning?

Did you read the second “the” in the sentence in the image? You probably didn’t, because your brain doesn’t expect to have “the” a second time and skips over it so that the sentence works in the context of what you are familiar with. This is an example of

About 2% of the population have

Madison needs to wrap a present but doesn’t have any wrapping paper. She quickly searches the apartment and finds a brown grocery bag to use instead. This is an example of

Gillian’s kids struggle to get out the door in the morning for school, so she creates a sticker chart where they can put on a sticker each time they are ready to go before 7 a.m. Once they fill they chart, they’ll get a new bunk bed. This is an example of ________.

Jason studies Spanish for three years, and then switches to Pashto. When asked to remember Spanish vocabulary he can’t, instead he can only remember Pashto vocabulary. This is an example of ________ interference.

When Benito was five he cut his leg on some glass and needed stitches. Years later, his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog. Now, when people ask about his scar he distinctly remembers the dog biting him. This is an example of the ________.

Jackie wants her dog to bring her the mail each day after it’s dropped in through the mail slot. Instead of trying teach her do, Dodger, at at once, she begins by giving him treats each time he goes to the mail slot. This is an example of

If you think baseball is boring and reluctantly agree to join your friend at the ballpark, chances are good you will be ready to go by the seventh inning stretch, even though it has been a high-scoring game. This is an example of

Auditory receptor cells are embedded within the ________, which is found in the ________.

Negative punishment refers to a situation where ________.

While traveling to the Canada from his home in Europe, Gunther often asks people, “Excuse me, can you please the time tell me?” Even though people understand what he is asking and politely tell him the time, Gunther’s incorrect use of ________ threatens his attempts at communicating with others in a language that is foreign to him.

When pain signals get exaggerated, it is because of damage to the

Identical twins raised together and identical twins raised apart exhibit ________ between their IQ scores than siblings or fraternal twins raised together.

Braden has a pounding headache and is disoriented after riding a twisting roller coaster. What sense was impacted by the ride?

Jimmy rides home from karate practice with his friend and his friend’s mom each Tuesday night. One night, his friend’s mom can’t come, and he needs to get a ride from someone else. He’s never driven the route before, but he’s able to explain exactly where to turn to get home. This is an example of

You are trying to describe the taste of a cheeseburger to your vegetarian friend. A good descriptor for the meaty, savory taste you experience would be

Who developed the idea that short-term memories get “filed away” in three different areas of the brain: a visuo-spatial area, a phonological loop for auditory memories, and an episodic buffer for multi-modal memories with storylines?

Malik is memorizing some lines for his school play and struggles with, “Tut, I have lost myself; I am not here; This is not Romeo, he's some other where.” To practice, he writes it out emphasizing words with capital letters: “Tut, I have lost myself; I AM NOT HERE; This is not Romeo, he's some OTHER WHERE.” He is utilizing principles of ________ encoding.

Zahara asks Blake how many times he ate pizza in the last week, and he’s quickly able to respond with “twice.” This is an example of

The idea the color coded in pairs of black-white, yellow-blue, and green-red is the basic premise of the

Ivan Pavlov

When surrounded by larger circles, a center circle will appear ________ than if surrounded by smaller circles.

Jarren wants his dog to play dead when he says “bang, bang!” so he begins by giving him a treat each time that he crouches down after giving the command. Eventually he’ll get him to roll over and then to lay on his back with his legs outstretched. This is an example of

Learning disabilities often affect children

The meaty, savory taste you find in a steak activates your taste receptors for modosodium glutamate. This taste is described as

Which is the independent variable in Jessica Witt’s study?

Pain that results from damage to neurons of the peripheral or central nervous system is called

Remembering ________ is a good example of episodic memory.

Which type of memory is tested on a multiple choice test?

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, ________.

The words we use are called

Anna is telling Joy all about Maya’s recent engagement. Because they share ________, Anna assumes that Joy knows a little about Maya and George and doesn’t need to tell about who they are. If Anna were speaking to someone else, she may need to include more details.

Which of the following is an example of a reflex?

Thinking about the meaning of a word and categorizing it into the context of other words you already know is an example of ________ encoding.

If you are in a crowded room at a noisy party having a conversation with an interesting new acquaintance, studies show that if you are looking at him while talking,

Jessica Witt’s study tested

________ concepts are the ones we know through experience.

Using algorithms to solve problems can be compared to

In classical conditioning, organisms learn to

The organ of Corti on the ________ within the ________ changes vibrations into impulses that travel to the auditory nerve

Esther has an ear for music and can play songs on the piano she has only heard once before. She has high ________ intelligence.

Tammy and Sara both agree that dogs typically have four legs, a tail, and fur. Tammy thinks that dogs also tend to bite small children while Sara thinks they tend to be friendly. What explains the differences between what Tammy thinks and what Sara thinks?

Strict followers of ________ believed that cognition did not have a role to play in learning, but ________ says otherwise.

If co-witnesses of a crime are permitted to talk to each other, they are prone to contaminate each other’s memories. This is an example of

Thinking outside of the box is considered

What are the three criteria that are used to determine whether an idea is creative?

What is wavelength?

Jane writes a song to help her remember all of her terms for anatomy class. She is utilizing ________ encoding.

Marissa’s mom is a hairdresser and Marissa spent countless hours afterschool just hanging out in the salon, but never learned how to cut or style hair. Later, when Marissa’s friend mentions she is looking for someone to do her hair for a wedding, Marissa says she can play with it a bit. Marissa surprises even herself by how wonderful the updo looks. This is an example of

Martha needs 3 eggs from the store, so she thinks of a shoe filled with 3 eggs. This is an example the ________ technique.

A sound’s purity is called its

According to the trichromatic theory of color vision, cones in the retina are responsive to ________.

Miranda has to make a decision, but has a ton of information and not a lot of time. Which problem-solving strategy should she use

_______ is an example of a monocular cue.

Which is the dependent variable in Jessica Witt’s study?

Psychologists use illusions to

Tyler and Eric agree that spiders have eight legs, but Tyler thinks spiders are scary and gross, while Eric finds them nice and interesting. What explains the differences between what Tyler thinks and what Eric thinks?

Arianna was an accomplished gymnast in her youth but hasn’t been to the gym for nearly 10 years. Despite this, with some prompting from her old coach, she’s able to do almost her entire uneven bar routine. This is an example of

According to Gestalt psychology,

Darnell was the subject for his in-class demonstration on classical conditioning. His teacher read through a list of random words, but each time she said the word, “pizza,” she squirted him in the face with a water bottle, which caused him to flinch. When talking about pizza later outside of class, he didn’t flinch, but then two days later, his friend from class said, “Hey Darnell, pizza!” and he flinched with fear. This is an example of ________.