UH Manoa Dewald psy 100 Exam 3 Questions And Answers Graded A+

serial position effect - tendency to recall first and last things better in a list primary effect - tendency to recall items better when they are learned first recency effect - tendency to recall items better when they are learned last phoneme - smallest units of speech sounds, no meaning chunking - putting elements in associated groups to remember better working memory - (ex) remembering something just for a limited amount of time semantic networks - memory organized based on meaning (not superficial qualities like how they look like, etc) (3) Major types of learning - classical, operant, cognitive classical - association of stimuli before response operant - association of stimuli with consequences after unconditioned stimulus - causes reflexive action neutral stimulus - (doesn't cause reflexive action) stimulus being associated with unconditioned stimulusunconditioned response - reflexive action when shown unconditioned stimulus conditioned response - reflexive action when shown neutral stimulus (due to associated with unconditioned stimulus) Thorndike's Law of Effect - response frequency (behavior) depends on consequences reinforcement - increase reoccurring behavior punishment - decrease reoccurring behavior discriminative stimulus - a cue that means reinforcement is available if certain response is made Positive Reinforcement - makes it more likely for behavior to occur negative reinforcement - makes it less likely for behavior to occur