PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tuning Fork, Classical Conditioning, Sensory Memory

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Dixie Hu

Document Summary

Improving memory: distribute practice over time, take tests, sleep, recite (in own words, use mnemonics: memory aids that link new to well-known info. The adaptive mind: learning: reflexes: involuntary responses to stimuli, automatic and reliable, do not require conscious awareness, inflexible. Interval: based on the amount of time elapsed: shaping behaviors, method of successive. Highlights difference between learning and the performance of a learned behavior. Interacts with parenting and environment: attachment: emotional bond linking an infant to a parent or care giver, harlow rhesus monkeys- metal mom with milk versus comfort mom. 2: mary ainsworth"s strange situation, different attachment styles based on reaction, secure (60%): upset when mom leaves but happy when she returns. Intelligence is stable i: dementia: effects about 6% of the population, heart diseases may have negative effect, social and emotional changes. Integrity or despair, meaningful relationships with (g)children i: depression rates decrease with age, feeling better: seeking positive emotional experiences.