WVU Psychology 101 Exam 1 Latest Update Graded A+

WVU Psychology 101 Exam 1 Latest Update Graded A+ implicit memory type of long term learning that doesn't require conscious thought to learn (memory made without intent) chunk process of grouping info together using prior knowledge (ex. Chess player study) classical conditioning stimulus-stimulus associative learning encoding the pact of putting info into memory habituation response to a stimulus-stimulus decreases with exposure implicit learning acquiring knowledge without intent that we can't easily express incidental learning learning that happens without intention to learn metacognition knowledge/skills and awareness people have of their own learning and memory nonassociative learning single repeated exposure leads to a change in behavior operant conditioning stimulus-response associative learning perceptual learning aspects of our perception changes as a result of experience Sensitization response to a stimulus increases with exposure transfer-appropriate processing memory performance is better when the test uses the same type of knowledge as the encoding activity working memory memory used to hold onto information temporarily (example: keeping your place in a multiplication problem) behaviorism study of behavior cognitive psychology the study of mental processes conciousness awareness of ourselves and our environment empiricism idea that knowledge comes from experience (promoted by John Locke and Thomas Reid eugenics process of selective breeding to promote desired traits flashbulb memory vivid and highly detailed memory of an emotionally significant event functionalism area of american psych that focused on the utility of conciousness (how we think) gestalt psych attempt to study the unity of experience introspection method of focusing on internal processes neural impulse enables neurons