AP Psych. Vocab. 105-125

In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.

• reinforcement

• operant conditioning

• cognitive map

• motivation

A mental representation of the layout of one’s environment.

• motivation

• cognitive map

• operant conditioning

• motivation

The reason for an action

• critical thinking

• dissonance theory

• motivation

• cognitive map

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.

• motivation

• encoding

• observation

• modeling

A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill in the blank test

• recall

• reform

• recognition

• relearning

A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple choice test.

• recall

• relearning

• reform

• recognition

A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.

• reform

• recognition

• recall

• relearning

The processing of information into the memory system

• encoding

• short term memory

• long term memory

• effortful processing

Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, before the information is stored or forgotten.

• short term memory

• long term memory

• effortful processing

• encoding

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

• short term memory

• long term memory

• encoding

• effortful processing