7.5 - Implicit Learning: Under the Radar

Question 1

Implicit Learning

Answer 1

Learning that takes place largely independent of awareness of both the process and the products of information acquisition

Sneaks “under the radar”

Question 2

Artificial Grammar

Answer 2

Used to form Letter Strings to investigate implicit learning.

Subjects can distinguish valid grammatical strings from invalid, without being able to explicitly state the rule they followed in making the judgments.

Question 3

Serial Reaction Time

Answer 3

Participants are asked to repeatedly respond to a fixed set of stimuli in which each cue signals that a particular response (i.e., button press) needs to be made. Unbeknownst to the participant, there are probabilities governing the transition between the cues, and thus required responses following one cue have some predictability. As a result, reaction time (RTs) to these cues becomes increasingly fast as subjects learn and utilize these transition probabilities