Chapter 13 Flashcards
Classical conditioning
CS paired with UCS results in UCR or CR
Operant conditioning
Reinforcements or punishment that strengthen or weaken that behavior
Engrams
Who?
Found?
Physical representations of what had been learned
Karl
Found that memory did not use the whole brain or just one area
Equipotentially
All parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex functioning behaviors
Mass action
The cortex works as a whole
Amnesia
Loss of memory
HM
Who?
Had hippocampus removed
Anterograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
The loss of the ability to form new memory after the brain damage
Retrograde amnesia
The loss of memory events prior to the occurrence of the brain damage
Explicit memory
Deliberate recall of information that one recognized as a memory
Implicit memory
The influence of recent expletive on behavior without realizing one is using memory
Plaques
Structures formed from degenerating neurons
Tangles
Structures formed from degenerating structures within a neuronal body
Habituation
A decrease in response to a stimulus that is presented repeatedly and accompanied by no change in other stimuli
Sensitization
An increase in response to a mild stimulus as a result to previous exposure to more intense stimuli
