PSY 2012 FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
instinct - (ANSWER)an inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli also known as a fixed
action pattern.
learning - (ANSWER)a relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior due to
experience
classical conditioning - (ANSWER)a type of learning in which associations are formed between two
stimuli that occur sequentially in time
mazwald
operent conditioning - (ANSWER)a type of learning in which association are formed between behaviors
and their outcomes
skinner
observational learning - (ANSWER)learning that occurs when one organism watches the actions of
another organism also known as social leaning or modeling
extinction - (ANSWER)the reduction of a learned response.
spontaneous recovery - (ANSWER)during extinction training, the response reappearance of conditioned
responses after periods of rest (reappearance of CR following periods of rest between extinction training
sessions)
imitation - (ANSWER)copying behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and spontaniously
memory - (ANSWER)the ability to retain knowledge
endcoding - (ANSWER)the transformation of information from one form to another
storage - (ANSWER)the retention of information
, PSY 2012 FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
retrieval - (ANSWER)the recovery of stored information
sensory memory - (ANSWER)the first stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds large amounts of
incoming data for brief amounts of time
short-term memory - (ANSWER)the second stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds a small
amount of information for a limited time
long-term memory - (ANSWER)the final stage of the atkinson-shffrin model that is the location of
permanent memories
declarative memory - (ANSWER)a consciously retrieved memory that is easy to verbalize, including
semantic, episodes, and autobiographical information also known as an explicit memory
nondeclarative memory - (ANSWER)an unconsciously and effortlessly retrieved memory that is difficult
to verbalize, such as a memory for classical conditioning, procedural learning, and priming also known as
implicit learning
autobiographical memory - (ANSWER)semantic or episodic memories the reference the self (declarative)
perocedual memory - (ANSWER)a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry out skilled
movement (non declarative)
flashbulb memory - (ANSWER)an especially vivid and detailed memory of an emotional event
motivating forgetting - (ANSWER)failure to retrieve negative memories
Id - (ANSWER)the component of sigmund freuds personality theory containing primitive drives present
in birth
instinct - (ANSWER)an inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli also known as a fixed
action pattern.
learning - (ANSWER)a relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior due to
experience
classical conditioning - (ANSWER)a type of learning in which associations are formed between two
stimuli that occur sequentially in time
mazwald
operent conditioning - (ANSWER)a type of learning in which association are formed between behaviors
and their outcomes
skinner
observational learning - (ANSWER)learning that occurs when one organism watches the actions of
another organism also known as social leaning or modeling
extinction - (ANSWER)the reduction of a learned response.
spontaneous recovery - (ANSWER)during extinction training, the response reappearance of conditioned
responses after periods of rest (reappearance of CR following periods of rest between extinction training
sessions)
imitation - (ANSWER)copying behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and spontaniously
memory - (ANSWER)the ability to retain knowledge
endcoding - (ANSWER)the transformation of information from one form to another
storage - (ANSWER)the retention of information
, PSY 2012 FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
retrieval - (ANSWER)the recovery of stored information
sensory memory - (ANSWER)the first stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds large amounts of
incoming data for brief amounts of time
short-term memory - (ANSWER)the second stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds a small
amount of information for a limited time
long-term memory - (ANSWER)the final stage of the atkinson-shffrin model that is the location of
permanent memories
declarative memory - (ANSWER)a consciously retrieved memory that is easy to verbalize, including
semantic, episodes, and autobiographical information also known as an explicit memory
nondeclarative memory - (ANSWER)an unconsciously and effortlessly retrieved memory that is difficult
to verbalize, such as a memory for classical conditioning, procedural learning, and priming also known as
implicit learning
autobiographical memory - (ANSWER)semantic or episodic memories the reference the self (declarative)
perocedual memory - (ANSWER)a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry out skilled
movement (non declarative)
flashbulb memory - (ANSWER)an especially vivid and detailed memory of an emotional event
motivating forgetting - (ANSWER)failure to retrieve negative memories
Id - (ANSWER)the component of sigmund freuds personality theory containing primitive drives present
in birth
