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You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park. One day when you arrive at the park, you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven’t seen for years, and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park. Even though the paths are complicated and twisted, you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin. Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of __________.

As memories get older, they are most likely to __________.

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning are __________.

The research of Eich and Metcalfe would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be __________ when taking the math exam to do well.

The divergent thinking technique of writing down everything that comes to mind about a topic without revising or proofreading until all of the information is recorded, and then organizing it later, is known as __________.

“If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated.” This is a statement of __________.

A. R. Luria studied an individual with phenomenal memory. This person was a __________.

A key element in the use of biofeedback is teaching a person to induce a state of __________ to help gain control over biological functions.

Ava’s parents want her to put her books in her bookcase. At first, they praise her for putting the books together in one pile. Then they praise her for getting the books on the same side of the room as the bookcase. When she gets the books on top of the bookcase, she gets praise. Finally, her parents praise her when she puts her books in the bookcase. This is an example of __________.

The breakdown of __________ seems to be responsible for the impaired ability to form new memories.