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Sarah was required to learn a list of 20 numbers in order. Initially, she took 15 repetitions to learn the list. After five days, she had forgotten the list of numbers and had to re-learn it. This time, she only took eight tries to re-learn the numbers. The difference between the number of repetitions she originally took to learn the numbers and the number of repetitions she took to re-learn the numbers is known as _____.

_________ are reasonably stable elements of personality that are inferred from behavior. 

Information that is better retrieved in the physiological or emotional state in which it was encoded and stored, or learned, is known as _____.

Albert was once awoken from his sleep by a white rat that fell on him. Following this incident, he began fearing all furry white objects including white fur coats and white stuffed animals. In this scenario, Albert’s fear of all furry white objects is due to _____. “Stimuli that are similar.”

__________is a life-threatening eating disorder characterized by dramatic weight loss, a distorted body image, and resistance to eating enough to reach or maintain a healthful weight. 

The flow of visual information seems smooth and continuous because of __________ memory, which can hold visual stimuli for up to a second.

This is a severe psychological disorder that is characterized by disturbances in thought, language, perception, attention, mood, motor activity, and the withdrawal and absorption in daydreams or fantasy. It has been referred to as the worst psychological disorder affecting humans, afflicting 1% or the world’s population.

People are always telling Shannon that he has a mean-streak in him, yet he has never noticed it. According to the psychodynamic perspective, his aggression most likely lies in his ___________. 

A(n)_________ is a way of mentally representing the world, such as a belief or an expectation, that can influence perception of persons, objects, and situations. 

A(n) ________ is an object, person, or situation that is perceived as capable of satisfying a need.