WVU Psychology 101 -Exam 1 Study
Guide Questions with Solved Solutions
2026-2027 Update.
implicit memory - Answer type of long-term learning that doesn't require conscious thought
to learn (memory made without intent)
chunk - Answer process of grouping info together using prior knowledge (ex. Chess player
study)
classical conditioning - Answer stimulus-stimulus associative learning
encoding - Answer the pact of putting info into memory
habituation - Answer response to a stimulus-stimulus decreases with exposure
implicit learning - Answer acquiring knowledge without intent that we can't easily express
incidental learning - Answer learning that happens without intention to learn
metacognition - Answer knowledge/skills and awareness people have of their own learning
and memory
nonassociative learning - Answer single repeated exposure leads to a change in behavior
operant conditioning - Answer stimulus-response associative learning
perceptual learning - Answer aspects of our perception changes as a result of experience
Sensitization - Answer response to a stimulus increases with exposure
transfer-appropriate processing - Answer memory performance is better when the test uses
the same type of knowledge as the encoding activity
working memory - Answer memory used to hold onto information temporarily (example:
keeping your place in a multiplication problem)
, behaviorism - Answer study of behavior
cognitive psychology - Answer the study of mental processes
conciousness - Answer awareness of ourselves and our environment
empiricism - Answer idea that knowledge comes from experience (promoted by John Locke
and Thomas Reid
eugenics - Answer process of selective breeding to promote desired traits
flashbulb memory - Answer vivid and highly detailed memory of an emotionally significant
event
functionalism - Answer area of american psych that focused on the utility of conciousness
(how we think)
gestalt psych - Answer attempt to study the unity of experience
introspection - Answer method of focusing on internal processes
neural impulse - Answer enables neurons to communicate (discovered by Helmholtz)
practicioner-scholar method - Answer training of professional psychologists that emphasizes
clinical practice
psychophysics - Answer study of relationships between physical stimuli and their perception
(studied by Ernest Weber and Gustav Fechner)
realism - Answer POV that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge
of the outside world
scientist-practitioner model - Answer model of training professional psychologists that
emphasizes both research and clinical skills
Guide Questions with Solved Solutions
2026-2027 Update.
implicit memory - Answer type of long-term learning that doesn't require conscious thought
to learn (memory made without intent)
chunk - Answer process of grouping info together using prior knowledge (ex. Chess player
study)
classical conditioning - Answer stimulus-stimulus associative learning
encoding - Answer the pact of putting info into memory
habituation - Answer response to a stimulus-stimulus decreases with exposure
implicit learning - Answer acquiring knowledge without intent that we can't easily express
incidental learning - Answer learning that happens without intention to learn
metacognition - Answer knowledge/skills and awareness people have of their own learning
and memory
nonassociative learning - Answer single repeated exposure leads to a change in behavior
operant conditioning - Answer stimulus-response associative learning
perceptual learning - Answer aspects of our perception changes as a result of experience
Sensitization - Answer response to a stimulus increases with exposure
transfer-appropriate processing - Answer memory performance is better when the test uses
the same type of knowledge as the encoding activity
working memory - Answer memory used to hold onto information temporarily (example:
keeping your place in a multiplication problem)
, behaviorism - Answer study of behavior
cognitive psychology - Answer the study of mental processes
conciousness - Answer awareness of ourselves and our environment
empiricism - Answer idea that knowledge comes from experience (promoted by John Locke
and Thomas Reid
eugenics - Answer process of selective breeding to promote desired traits
flashbulb memory - Answer vivid and highly detailed memory of an emotionally significant
event
functionalism - Answer area of american psych that focused on the utility of conciousness
(how we think)
gestalt psych - Answer attempt to study the unity of experience
introspection - Answer method of focusing on internal processes
neural impulse - Answer enables neurons to communicate (discovered by Helmholtz)
practicioner-scholar method - Answer training of professional psychologists that emphasizes
clinical practice
psychophysics - Answer study of relationships between physical stimuli and their perception
(studied by Ernest Weber and Gustav Fechner)
realism - Answer POV that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge
of the outside world
scientist-practitioner model - Answer model of training professional psychologists that
emphasizes both research and clinical skills
