psychology review

What is psychology? 

• The study of behavior. 
• The study of mental processes.
• The study of the mind.
• All of the above. 

The goal of psychology is to_______________

• describe and explain behavior.
• understand what influences behavior. 
• predict and control behavior. 
• All of the above. 

What is "behaviorism"?

• A psychologist that helps people improve their behavior. 
• An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior. 
• An area of psychology that works with the criminal justice system to help criminals behave better.

(a)  

is learning that has persisted over time -- information that has been stored and, in many cases, can be retrieved.

memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory

little tricks you can use to help remember information. Like word games. ROY G. BIV

• chunking

• mnemonics

• serial position effect

• STM

A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

(a)  

the process of getting information out of memory storage

Encoding is

the processing of information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning.

• True

• False

Chose the best answer

Psychology is the study of ........

• how people act

• how people behave

• the human mind and behavior

• how to learn