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Learning and Memory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A response that occurs automatically as the result of a stimulus is called an

(a)  

2.

If your heart raced when you were pulled over the cops, and now your heart begins to race whenever you see a white car in your rear-view mirror, your heart racing when you see a white car has become a

(a)  

3.

This occurs when people learn by seeing the consequences of another person’s behaviour (“Watch and Learn”)

(a)  

4.

These fire when we perform certain actions and when we observe others performing actions

(a)  

5.

These, whether positive or negative, are required for observational learning.

(a)  

6.

(a)   occurs when we are unable to tell the difference between two similar stimuli (For example, Iced coffee and an Ice Cap).

7.

(a)   occurs when we are able to spot the difference between two similar stimuli (For example, an aversion to ketchup but not ketchup chips).

8.

When a rat presses a button to stop a loud buzzer from sounding, the rat is responding to (a)   .

9.

He was the researcher who placed cats into a puzzle box to see if they could be conditioned by reinforcement to make certain behaviours more likely to happen again:

(a)  

10.

The researcher in #9 found that the cats were more likely to solve the puzzle if they were rewarded with food afterwards. This is called the (a)   .

11.

The cats in #9 were being trained using (a)   conditioning.

12.

When an employee is rewarded for great sales by receiving a reserved parking space, the employer is trying to use (a)   to promote sales.

13.

When a soccer player rolls her eyes at a teammate who delivered a bad pass, this is an example of (a)   .

14.

This type of reinforcement schedule focuses on the number of responses before reinforcement occurs: (Ex a factory worker is paid every time he finished three pairs of pants) (a)   .

15.

This type of reinforcement schedule focuses on the time between reinforcement: (Ex a factory worker is paid every two weeks) (a)   .

16.

According to the Information-Processing model, this is the process in which we process all the sensory information that we receive: (a)   .

17.

According to the Information-Processing model, this is the process in which we find the information that we have saved in our memory when we need it: (a)   .

18.

According to the Information-Processing model, this is the process in which we make a permanent record of the information so we can save it for later: (a)   .

19.

This is also called working memory: (a)   .

20.

A flashbulb memory, one where you have experienced a significant, emotional event, will likely become part of your (a)   .