Psychologists Who Focus on How Organisms Learn and Assume That

question 94

Multiple Choice

Psychologists who focus on how organisms learn and assume that there are general laws of learning that apply to virtually all organisms are called _.

• A) cognitivists
• B) behaviourists
• C) ethologists
• D) neurobiologists

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Definitions:

Flashbulb Memories

Highly detailed and vivid memories of specific, often emotionally charged, events that are retained for a long time.

Accuracy Over Time

The degree to which a measurement or calculation maintains its correctness or precision as time progresses.

Information-Processing Theories

Theories that liken human cognition to the workings of a computer, focusing on how information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

Traditional Information-Processing

A cognitive approach that likens the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is processed, stored, and retrieved.