wvu psych 101 exam 1 Questions with
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perceptual learning - ANSWERSoccurs when an aspect of our learning changes as a
function of experience
implicit learning - ANSWERSoccurs when we obtain information without intent that we
cannot easily express
implicit memory - ANSWERSa type of learning that doesn't require conscious thought to
encode; type of memory made without intent
nonassociative learning - ANSWERSoccurs when a single repeated exposure leads to a
change in behavior
habituation - ANSWERSoccurs when the response to a stimulus decreases with
exposure
sensitization - ANSWERSoccurs when the response to a stimulus increases with
exposure
classical conditioning - ANSWERSdescribes stimulus-stimulus associative learning
operant conditioning - ANSWERSdescribes stimulus-response associative learning
Jenkins - ANSWERSclassified experiments on learning and memory into four groups of
factors: learners, encoding activities, materials, and retrieval
working memory - ANSWERSthe form of memory we use to hold on to info temporarily,
usually for the purposes of manipulation
Chase & Simon - ANSWERS1973 chess master experimenters
chunk - ANSWERSthe process of grouping our info together based on our knowledge
encoding - ANSWERSthe pact of putting info into memory
incidental learning - ANSWERSany learning that happens without the intention of
learning; better than it's opposite
intentional learning - ANSWERSany type of learning that happens by motivation of
intention
, metacognition - ANSWERSdescribes the knowledge and skill people have in monitoring
and controlling their own memory and learning
transfer-appropriate processing - ANSWERSa principle that states that memory
performance is superior when a test taps the same cognitive processes as the original
encoding activity
forgetting - ANSWERSsome _________ is the prerequisite to more learning
empiricism - ANSWERSthe belief that knowledge comes from experience; promoted by
Locke & Reid
neural impulse - ANSWERSan electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to
communicate; Herman von Helmholtz
Helmholtz - ANSWERSstudied neural impulses, the physiology of hearing and vision;
his work indicated that our senses can deceive us and are not a mirror of the external
world
psychophysics - ANSWERSstudy of the relationships between physical stimuli and the
perception of those stimuli that served as a basis for new psychology; Ernst Weber and
Gustav Fechner
Wundt - ANSWERSestablished the field of experimental psychology by serving as a
strong promoter of the idea that psychology could be an experimental field and by
providing classes, textbooks, and a laboratory for training students
introspection - ANSWERSa method of focusing on internal processes
consciousness - ANSWERSawareness of ourselves and our environment
Titchner - ANSWERScreated structuralism; Wundt's student; in 1904 organized a group
of psychologists to form the Society of Experimental Psychologists
structuralism - ANSWERSa school of American psychology that sought to describe the
elements of conscious experience; contents of the mind
1900 - ANSWERSby ________ there were 40 labs in America and Canada
1892 - ANSWERSthe American Psychological Association (APA) began...
Margaret Washburn - ANSWERSfirst woman in American to earn Ph.D. in psychology;
second woman to be elected president of the APA
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perceptual learning - ANSWERSoccurs when an aspect of our learning changes as a
function of experience
implicit learning - ANSWERSoccurs when we obtain information without intent that we
cannot easily express
implicit memory - ANSWERSa type of learning that doesn't require conscious thought to
encode; type of memory made without intent
nonassociative learning - ANSWERSoccurs when a single repeated exposure leads to a
change in behavior
habituation - ANSWERSoccurs when the response to a stimulus decreases with
exposure
sensitization - ANSWERSoccurs when the response to a stimulus increases with
exposure
classical conditioning - ANSWERSdescribes stimulus-stimulus associative learning
operant conditioning - ANSWERSdescribes stimulus-response associative learning
Jenkins - ANSWERSclassified experiments on learning and memory into four groups of
factors: learners, encoding activities, materials, and retrieval
working memory - ANSWERSthe form of memory we use to hold on to info temporarily,
usually for the purposes of manipulation
Chase & Simon - ANSWERS1973 chess master experimenters
chunk - ANSWERSthe process of grouping our info together based on our knowledge
encoding - ANSWERSthe pact of putting info into memory
incidental learning - ANSWERSany learning that happens without the intention of
learning; better than it's opposite
intentional learning - ANSWERSany type of learning that happens by motivation of
intention
, metacognition - ANSWERSdescribes the knowledge and skill people have in monitoring
and controlling their own memory and learning
transfer-appropriate processing - ANSWERSa principle that states that memory
performance is superior when a test taps the same cognitive processes as the original
encoding activity
forgetting - ANSWERSsome _________ is the prerequisite to more learning
empiricism - ANSWERSthe belief that knowledge comes from experience; promoted by
Locke & Reid
neural impulse - ANSWERSan electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to
communicate; Herman von Helmholtz
Helmholtz - ANSWERSstudied neural impulses, the physiology of hearing and vision;
his work indicated that our senses can deceive us and are not a mirror of the external
world
psychophysics - ANSWERSstudy of the relationships between physical stimuli and the
perception of those stimuli that served as a basis for new psychology; Ernst Weber and
Gustav Fechner
Wundt - ANSWERSestablished the field of experimental psychology by serving as a
strong promoter of the idea that psychology could be an experimental field and by
providing classes, textbooks, and a laboratory for training students
introspection - ANSWERSa method of focusing on internal processes
consciousness - ANSWERSawareness of ourselves and our environment
Titchner - ANSWERScreated structuralism; Wundt's student; in 1904 organized a group
of psychologists to form the Society of Experimental Psychologists
structuralism - ANSWERSa school of American psychology that sought to describe the
elements of conscious experience; contents of the mind
1900 - ANSWERSby ________ there were 40 labs in America and Canada
1892 - ANSWERSthe American Psychological Association (APA) began...
Margaret Washburn - ANSWERSfirst woman in American to earn Ph.D. in psychology;
second woman to be elected president of the APA
