Ashley lives in a neighborhood with many squirrels. The squirrels in her neighborhood are very afraid of her cat, and often bark warnings to each other when they see her cat coming.  When Ashley comes home from work, she removes her house keys from her purse, jingling them as she opens the door.  When Ashley jingles her keys, her cat comes running, and they enter the house together.  After a week or so of this, when Ashley jingles her keys to enter her house, all of the squirrels in her neighborhood start barking.  In this case, what is the conditioned stimulus (CS)?

Which of the following is the main conclusion from Milgram’s shock experiments?

The string of 16-digits 1776149217872014 is difficult to remember. If a person breaks them up into four groups of four digits (1776, 1492, 1787, and 2014), these numbers are easier to remember, due to the effect of

Sarah wants to do well in class because she is earning credit toward graduation, which is her goal. Joe wants to do well in class because he gets pleasure from learning new material. Sarah is influenced by ________ motivation. Joe is influenced by ________ motivation.

Mrs. Brady cut Bobby’s hot dog into eight pieces and Cindy’s into six pieces. Cindy cried because she felt she wasn’t getting as much hot dog as Bobby. Piaget would say that Cindy doesn’t understand the principle of:

When walking to his car late at night, Otto is extra vigilant and his body is on alert for danger. These responses are due to the actions of the ________ system.

Mario is highly afraid of spiders. Which part of the brain would be activated if he were to enter a room that had a lot of spiders?

Because they have a(n) ________ component, ________ usually are better recalled.

Pederson’s teacher blows a whistle when it is time for his class to come in from recess. Pederson is afraid of being left on the playground alone, so he starts to go inside any time he hears a sound like the teacher’s whistle, such as the school bell ringing. Pederson’s behavior is an example of

If someone asks you to name the candidates who ran for president in 2012, you will answer from your ____________ memory. If someone asks which presidential candidate you voted for, you will answer from your ____________ memory.