Misc 2 The Knowing Mind The Thinking Mind Other Stuff
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What is Positive Punishment
This refers to applying an aversive consequence that reduces the frequency or eliminates a behavior.
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What is encoding, storage, and retrieval
Memory can be divided into these three steps.
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What is Mental Representation
A unit of stored information that can be activated and manipulated by thought
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What is procedural memory
Degeneration in the basal ganglia will result in difficulty with this type of memory
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What is Alpha waves
These waves are observed in people who are awake, but relaxed and perhaps a bit drowsy or under stimulated.
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What is Chunking
The process of grouping similar or meaningful information together.
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What is functional fixedness
Potential barrier to successful problem solving in which a concept is considered in its most typical form
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What is Cue
Any stimulus that aids retrieval of information
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What is Variable Interval Schedule
During this schedule the reward is given after a variable amount of time.
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What is Priming
Activating one concept will activate concepts that are closely related, making them easier to retrieve
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What is Schemas
Pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them
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What is intelligence
the ability to understand complex ideas, adapt effectively to the environment, learn from experience, and overcome obstacles
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What is Latent Inhibition
The idea that it takes more time to learn something new about familiar than about an unfamiliar.
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What is Declarative Memories
Consciously retrieved memories that are easy to verbalize.
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What is Feature Comparison Approach
This approach suggests that we identify a set of necessary and sufficient features required for category membership.
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What is Decay
The reduction in ability to retrieve rarely used information over time is called
What is Depression
People with this disorder enter REM earlier and spend more time in REM
What is Visuospatial Sketch Pad
The component of working memory that is responsible for holding visual and spatial information
What is Heuristic
Time-efficient, “rule of thumb” or short cut to problem solving
What is the Spreading Activation Model
According to this model, we store concepts in long-term memory by linking them to other concepts in very complex networks






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