PSY 2012 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
instinct - CORRECT ANSWER an inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli
also known as a fixed action pattern.
learning - CORRECT ANSWER a relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for
behavior due to experience
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER a type of learning in which associations are formed
between two stimuli that occur sequentially in time
mazwald
operent conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER a type of learning in which association are formed
between behaviors and their outcomes
skinner
observational learning - CORRECT ANSWER learning that occurs when one organism watches the
actions of another organism also known as social leaning or modeling
extinction - CORRECT ANSWER the reduction of a learned response.
spontaneous recovery - CORRECT ANSWER during extinction training, the response reappearance
of conditioned responses after periods of rest (reappearance of CR following periods of rest between
extinction training sessions)
imitation - CORRECT ANSWER copying behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and
spontaniously
memory - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to retain knowledge
, endcoding - CORRECT ANSWER the transformation of information from one form to another
storage - CORRECT ANSWER the retention of information
retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER the recovery of stored information
sensory memory - CORRECT ANSWER the first stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds
large amounts of incoming data for brief amounts of time
short-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER the second stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that
holds a small amount of information for a limited time
long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER the final stage of the atkinson-shffrin model that is the
location of permanent memories
declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER a consciously retrieved memory that is easy to
verbalize, including semantic, episodes, and autobiographical information also known as an explicit
memory
nondeclarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER an unconsciously and effortlessly retrieved
memory that is difficult to verbalize, such as a memory for classical conditioning, procedural learning,
and priming also known as implicit learning
autobiographical memory - CORRECT ANSWER semantic or episodic memories the reference the
self (declarative)
perocedual memory - CORRECT ANSWER a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry
out skilled movement (non declarative)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
instinct - CORRECT ANSWER an inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli
also known as a fixed action pattern.
learning - CORRECT ANSWER a relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for
behavior due to experience
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER a type of learning in which associations are formed
between two stimuli that occur sequentially in time
mazwald
operent conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER a type of learning in which association are formed
between behaviors and their outcomes
skinner
observational learning - CORRECT ANSWER learning that occurs when one organism watches the
actions of another organism also known as social leaning or modeling
extinction - CORRECT ANSWER the reduction of a learned response.
spontaneous recovery - CORRECT ANSWER during extinction training, the response reappearance
of conditioned responses after periods of rest (reappearance of CR following periods of rest between
extinction training sessions)
imitation - CORRECT ANSWER copying behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and
spontaniously
memory - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to retain knowledge
, endcoding - CORRECT ANSWER the transformation of information from one form to another
storage - CORRECT ANSWER the retention of information
retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER the recovery of stored information
sensory memory - CORRECT ANSWER the first stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that holds
large amounts of incoming data for brief amounts of time
short-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER the second stage of the atkinson-shiffrin model that
holds a small amount of information for a limited time
long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER the final stage of the atkinson-shffrin model that is the
location of permanent memories
declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER a consciously retrieved memory that is easy to
verbalize, including semantic, episodes, and autobiographical information also known as an explicit
memory
nondeclarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER an unconsciously and effortlessly retrieved
memory that is difficult to verbalize, such as a memory for classical conditioning, procedural learning,
and priming also known as implicit learning
autobiographical memory - CORRECT ANSWER semantic or episodic memories the reference the
self (declarative)
perocedual memory - CORRECT ANSWER a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry
out skilled movement (non declarative)
