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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stimulus | something that will excite and organism that will create a response |
| response | a behavior that will result because of a certain stimulus |
| classical conditioning | the process of which a stimulus that was once neutral that evoked a response then paired with another stimulus to evoke the same response |
| operant conditioning | the process of changing behavior through rewarding or taking away something of value |
| extinction | the reduction or lose of a conditional response as a result of the absence of reinforcement |
| spontaneous recovery | the reappearance of a response after its extinction has been followed by a period of rest |
| generalization | the process of responding to a stimulus, similar to but distinct from the conditioned stimulus |
| discrimination | the ability to perceive and respond to differences in stimulus perserve |
| positive reinforcement | desired reward for a behavior that will in hope happen again |
| negative reinforcement | the reinforcing of a response by taking something of value away |
| shaping | teaching a desired behavior by molding |
| PQ4R | preview, question, read, reflect, recite, review |
| detail & practice of memory | going over information over and over again; repetition |
| relate to things you know in memory | requires you to think more deeply about new information |
| form unusual associations in memory | easier to remember information. humorous association. making it stand out from ordinary things to help recall it |
| construct links in memory | elaborate rehearsal, can improve memory. helps remember vocab words from foreign languages. |
| Mnemonic devices in memory | all the methods for improving memory. chucks of information into a format such as a phrase or jingle. |
| 3 stages of memory | sensory, long term, short term |
| 3 processes of memory | encoding, storage, retrieving |
| 3 kinds of memory | episodic- specific event semantic- general knowledge implicit- skills and procedures learned |