Psychology Chapters 5-8

General psychology

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What is learning? How does is reflect your environment/surroundings?
Change in behavior, how you function and associate between them
Who is Little Albert and what was the famous experiment he was involved with?
The baby, the white rat experiment
Define punishment. Define reinforcement. What is the difference between negative and positive punishment, and negative and positive reinforcement?
Punishment positive:decreases negative decreases reinforcement positive: increases negative: increases
Learned helplessness
Getting harmed over and over so they stop trying
What was the Bobo doll experiment and what was its outcome?
The adult was punching and cussing the doll, then the kids did the same thing: observational learning
What is memory? what are the three basic processes of memory?
A mental process: encoding :writing, repeating, putting to music. storage: something lasting making an impression. retrieval- recovering info
What is 7+- 2 mean? what is chunking
Range of short term memory, putting info into groups ex: phone number
What is retrieval
Retrieval: process of accessing stored info retrieval cue: clue or prompt free recall: whats your bday recognition: multiple choice
What are some methods of encoding information into long term memory?
Elaborative rehearsal- relate the info to something you know repeating- tie to empotion chunking- make it meaningful
What is intelligence? how is it measured?
The global capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively w/ the environment,IQ test
What does IQ predict and how is it measured?
Predicts your knowledge not job oppurtunities, 10 yr old times 10
What is the normal curve?
70% a few below and above
What is reliability? What is valid
Predicts your intelligence: not reliable; amount of freckles is how smart you are
What is motivation? What are the three basic characteristics of motivation
Something that acts upon you internal and external activation-gets you going persistance-puts your mind to it intensity-motivated behavior
Be familiar with the five theories instinct:someone tickles you and you laugh
Drive: need to eat incentive: if you are good you get candy arousal:bored, need to do something humanistic: reach high potential