Germaine, who has schizophrenia, often forms connections between events that have no basis in reality and has a hard time learning when something has truly caused something else. Which of the following aspects of classical conditioning is most likely impaired for Germaine?

Which of the following occurs when there is not a clear pattern of trial-and-error and, thus, no reinforcement?

When she was a child, Lila was in a severe car accident while a certain song was playing on the radio. Now, as an adult, she tends to have panic attacks whenever she hears that song in any setting. What classical conditioning term refers to the song before it became associated with danger in Lila’s mind?

Tara has been working on a complex math problem for close to an hour when, suddenly, the best strategy for solving it just comes to her, as if out of thin air. In psychology, what are these kinds of “aha!” moments referred to as?

Why does echoic memory last longer than iconic memory?

________ is the initial process of creating a memory, whereas ________ occurs when that memory is brought back to mind in a new context.

Your textbook describes a study in which participants were shown an ambiguous image and were either told they were looking at a pair of glasses or a barbell. Later, they were asked to draw the image they had seen from memory. The point of this study was to illustrate

________ are specialized cells in the visual cortex that respond to certain aspects of objects such as lines, edges, and angles.

A ________ is a mental predisposition, based on our previous experiences or current context, that influences what we perceive from our sensory inputs.

A local coffee shop has a rewards program in which you receive one free pastry for every ten coffees you purchase. This is an example of a ________ schedule of reinforcement.