PSYC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bi-Curious, Reinforcement, Sensory Memory
21 Apr 2014
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Discrimination- responding to certain stimuli and not to others! ex. being scared of only white rats! generalization- new stimulus to elicit a similar response ! ex. little albert feared anything white not just the rat! Punishment- opposite of reinforcement, your decreasing the behavior ! Learning- permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience ! Reinforcement means something good that you take away. you want a behavior to occur ! Difference between negative reinforcement and punishment- punishment decreases the likelihood it will occur whereas negative reinforcement increases the likelihood it will occur! Observational learning- bicurious learning through others by observing and imitating (modeling)! Memory! memory- retention of information or experience over time! Divided attention- multi-tasking. focusing on several things at the same time. Sensory memory: fraction of a second to several seconds (not meaningful)! Short-term memory: 30 seconds ex. student id or phone #!
