Learning Sensation & Perception Consciousness IO psych Memory
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What is an unconditioned stimulus?
Cutting up an onion makes your eyes water is an example of this stimulus.
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What is the absolute threshold?
The minimal amount of stimulus is needed to sense something.
100
What is inattentional blindness?
This type of blindness is the failure to see visible objects because our attention is occupied elsewhere.
100
What is Job analysis?
___ involves accurately describing a task
or job
i.e Matches people to an organization
100
What is short-term memory?
This is a type of storage that holds nonsensory information for more than a few seconds but less than a minute.
200
What is shaping?
Learning that results from the reinforcement of successive steps to a final desired behavior is called____
200
What is the opponent processing theory?
This theory proposes that one member of the color pair suppresses the other color.
200
What is a stimulant?
What type of drug increases alertness?
200
What is an unstructured interview?
In this type of interview, questions differ for each
candidate and is considered to be more of a “free-flow” conversation
200
What is implicit memory?
The influence of past experiences on later behavior, even without an effort to remember them or an awareness of the recollection is called.
300
What is positive reinforcement?
____ is a technique used to increase desired behavior.
300
What is sensory adaptation?
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation is known as___.
300
What is insomnia?
A consistent difficulty in falling or staying asleep for at least three nights a week over a month’s time
300
What is Human factors engineering?
The application of human factors info to the design of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments
300
What is anterograde amnesia?
___ is the inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store
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What is a secondary reinforcer?
Earning a gold star for good behavior is an example of this
400
What is the temporal theory?
This theory asserts that frequency is coded by the activity level of a sensory neuron. This would mean that a given hair cell would fire action potentials related to the frequency of the sound wave.
400
What is REM rebound?
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation is referred to as this.
400
What is ergonomics?
An area of human factors work interested in the design and arrangement of our workplace and the things we interact with the most
400
What is a mnemonic?
PEMDAS is an example of this memory technique
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What is latent learning?
Using ____ a passenger in a carpool learns the route to work each day through observation, and when it's their turn to drive, they can get there without a map.
500
What is bottom-up processing?
Type of processing that information starts with the individual elements and gradually builds up to a final representation and interpretation
500
What is the pineal gland?
This gland secretes melatonin which helps regulate circadian rhythms. (also known as the master gland)
500
What is pressure and performance?
The Yerkes–Dodson law is an empirical relationship between____.
500
What is priming?
An enhanced ability to think of a stimulus, such as a word or an object, as a result of recent exposure to the stimulus.






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