PSY 2020 Review 2

Chapter 5: Learning

Instincts

Fixed Action patterns

Classical conditioning

Unconditioned Stimulus

Unconditioned Response

Conditioned Stimulus

Conditioned Response

Extinction

Stimulus Generalization

Stimulus Discrimination

Spontaneous Recovery

Forward Conditioning

Backward Conditioning

Early Behaviorist's area of study

Operant conditioning

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Aversive conditioning (punishment)

Fixed and Variable Ratio and Interval schedules of reinforcement

Observational Learning

Modeling

Chapter 6: Memory

Cognitive psychologist's view of memory

Sensory memory

Short-term memory

Long-term memory

Declarative, semantic, episodic, and procedural memory

Memory enhancement techniques (maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, chunking)

Context-dependent memory

Pimacy and recency effect

Spacing effect and studying

How do biased questions affect memory?

Chapter 10: Infancy and Childhood, Chapter 11: Adolescence and Adulthood

Infant and twin studies and temperment

Define developmental psychology

Twin studies and heredity

Cross-sectional research

Longitudinal research

Drug and alcohol effects on pregnancy

Infant sensory capacities

Piaget's stages of cognitive development

Development of speech in children

Children's friendships

Eating disorders and personal characteristics in adolescence

Hormones and maturation

Kohlberg's levels of moral development

Erikson's psycho-social stages of development

Age when various human abilities begin to decline

Memory and aging

Productivity of aging workers

Chapter 12: Intellignece and Testing

How do prominent psychologist define intelligence?

Who were: Francis Galton, Albert Binet, Theophile Simon, David Wechsler and Lewis Terman.

Mental age

Verbal score and performance score

Validity

Reliability

Standardization

Factor analysis

Analysis of variance

IQ and speed of mental processing

Gardner's theories of intelligence

Sternberg's theories of intelligence

Convergent and divergent thinking

What is the effect of mental stimulation in the preschool years?

Who were Arthur Jensen and Cyril Burt?

Genetic contribution to intelligence