12. Human Information Processing (5 - 7) Flashcards
Learning
“Relatively permanent changes in behaviour (or potential behaviour) due to past experiences”
This is a defintion of what
LEARNING
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Learning
What is the most basic form of learning which helps as act instinctively
LEARNING BY ASSOCIATION
For example, we associate “hot” with “pain”
We therefore instictively know to avoid putting our hands into a flame
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Learning
What is meant by the term classical conditioning
LEARNING A CERTAIN STIMULUS IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER EVENT
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Learning
Learning that a certian stimulus is almost always associated with another event is a form of what
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
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Learning
a form of basic learning in which involves voluntary behaviours
OPERANT CONDITIONING
Individual consciously learns to modify their behaviour or develop certain behavrious as it produces a desireable outcome or avoids and undesirable outcome
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Learning
“An individual consciously learning to modify their behaviour or develop certain behaviours as they produce a desireable outcome or avoids an undesireable outcome”
This is the definition fo what sort of learning
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Learning
“Learning by insight from pieces of knowledge and extrapolating them to new intried situations”
This is the definition of what sort of learning
COGNITIVE LEARNING
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Learning
Cognitive learning involes learning by what
INSIGHT
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Learning
“An individual studies the behaviours and actions of another and models their own behaviours to match”
This is the definition of what sort of learning
IMITATION
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Learning
A type of memory that cannot be consciously recalled, such as riding a bike, or speaking a language
PROCEDURAL MEMORY
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Learning
Procedural memory which involves muscular actions is often referred to as what
MUSCLE MEMORY
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Learning
How well you learn is dependant on what around you
ENVIRONMENT
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Learning
You are less likely to learn if you are what 2 things
PYHSIOLOGICALLY or PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRESSED
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Learning
Reducing physchological stress improves the quality of learning. What is the danger of to little stress
INHIBIT LEARNING
under-aroused
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Learning
What 2 things is effective learning promoted by
ANTICIPATION & PLANNING
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Learning
7 factors that promote learning;
- ____ : be prepared
- ____ : naturally excited
- ____ : good mind
- ____ : go over it again and again
- ____ : be awake
- ____ : be alert
- ____ : put into practice
- PLANNING & ANTICIPATION : be prepared
- INTRINSIC MOTIVATION : naturally excited
- GOOD MENTAL HEALTH : good mind
- FREQUENT REHEARSAL : go over it again and again
- CONSCIOUSNESS : be awake
- VIGILANCE : be alert
- PRACTICAL APPLICATION : put into practice
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Skill
What is the purpose of learning
ACQUIRE SKILLS
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Skill
What is the definition of a skill
ACQUIRED EXPERTISE AT A TASK
results in increased accuracy and reduced errors
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