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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING | conditioning due to paired stimuli; studied by Pavlov & Watson |
CLUTTER | excessive advertising which makes it difficult to perceive one particular ad |
FRONTAL LOBE | the cerebral lobe which processes emotion |
OCCIPITAL LOBE | the cerebral lobe which processes vision |
TEMPORAL LOBE | the cerebral lobe which processes hearing |
HIPPOCAMPUS | the part of the brain that consolidates memory |
ZAP | when a consumer ignores an advertisement |
LIMBIC SYSTEM | the thalamus, hypothalamus and amygdala form this system |
MNEMONIC | a technique for improving memory |
MRI | a brain scanning technique which can show a consumer's interest in a product |
ILLUSION | a mismeasurement of a stimulus |
INSTINCT | an inherited behavior which is complex and rigidly patterned |
OPERANT CONDITIONING | conditioning using reinforcement, studied by Skinner |
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT | removal of an adversive stimulus |
WATSON | pioneer U.S. psychologist, studied classical conditioning, went into advertising |
SKINNER | U.S. psychologist who developed operant conditioning |
PAVLOV | Russian physiologist who studied classical conditioning |
SUBLIMINAL | perception below the conscious level |
PSYCHOPHYSICS | the scientific study of sensation |
PROSPECTIVE MEMORY | memory for future acts & intensions |