Chapter 6: Learning and memory Flashcards

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Learning is a relatively permanent…

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Change in behaviour caused by experience

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2
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Incidental learning is the…

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Casual, unintentional acquisition of knowledge

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3
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Behavioural theories focus on…

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Simple stimulus-response connections

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4
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Cognitive theories regard consumers as…

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Solvers of complex problems who learn abstract rules and concepts

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5
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Behavioural theories assume that learning takes place as the result of…

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Responses to external events

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6
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Behavioural theories approaches the mind as a ______ and focuses on ______ behaviour

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Black box; Observable

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3 Components of classical conditioning

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  1. Unconditioned stimulus
  2. Conditioned stimulus
  3. Conditioned response
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Classical conditioning primarily applies to responses controlled by the…

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Autonomic and nervous systems

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9
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Extinction [in classical conditioning] occurs when…

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The effects of prior conditioning diminish and disappear

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10
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Stimulus generalisation refers to the tendency of…

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Similar stimuli to a conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses

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When people react to similar stimuli in the same way they respond to the original stimulus, this is known as…

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The Halo effect

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12
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Piggybacking strategy occurs when…

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Similar packaging and brand names are used to make use of existing associations

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13
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Masked branding strategy occurs when…

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The true origins are hidden to separate the product from existing associations

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14
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Stimulus discrimination occurs when…

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An unconditioned stimulus does not follow a stimulus similar to a conditioned stimulus

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15
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Instrumental/Operant conditioning occurs when we learn to perform behaviours that….

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Produce positive outcomes and avoid negative outcomes

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Instrumental conditioning occurs in 1 of 3 possible ways

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  1. Positive reinforcement
  2. Negative reinforcement
  3. Punishment
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17
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Positive reinforcement occurs when the learner…

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Obtains a positive outcome

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18
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Negative reinforcement occurs when the learner…

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Avoids a negative outcome

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19
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Punishment occurs when the learner…

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Receives a negative outcome or is deprived of a positive outcome

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20
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Extinction [in instrumental conditioning] occurs when…

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A person no longer receives a positive outcome

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21
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Positive and negative reinforcement together will (strengthen/weaken) the stimulus-response connection.
Punishment and extinction together will (strengthen/weaken) the stimulus-response connection.

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Strengthen; Weaken

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22
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Types of reinforcement schedules (4)

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  1. Fixed interval
  2. Variable interval
  3. Fixed ratio
  4. Variable ratio
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23
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Advertising wear-out occurs when consumers become so used to a stimulus that they…

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No longer pay attention to it

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24
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Marketing applications of stimulus generalisation (4)

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  1. Family branding
  2. Product-line extension
  3. Licensing
  4. Look-alike packaging
25
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Frequency marketing rewards regular purchases with…

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Prizes that get better as they spend more

26
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Cognitive learning theory stresses the importance of…

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Internal mental processes in decision making

27
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Observational learning occurs when we…

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Watch the actions of others and note the reinforcements they receive for their behaviours

28
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Modelling is the process of…

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Imitating the behaviour of others

29
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4 stages of modelling

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  1. Attention
  2. Retention
  3. Production processes
  4. Motivation
30
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Parental socialisation styles (3)

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  1. Authoritarian
  2. Neglecting
  3. Indulgent
31
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Authoritarian parents are…

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Hostile, restrictive and emotionally uninvolved

32
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Neglecting parents are…

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Detached from their children and don’t exercise control over what they do

33
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Indulgent parents are…

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Less restrictive and communicate with their children

34
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Five stages of consumer development in children

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  1. Observing
  2. Making requests
  3. Making selections
  4. Making assisted purchases
  5. Making independent purchases
35
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3 stages in cognitive development and corresponding ages

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  1. Limited (0-6)
  2. Cued (6-12)
  3. Strategc (12+)
36
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Memory is a process of acquiring information and….

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Storing it over time so that it will be available when we need it

37
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Information processing approach assumes that the mind is like a..

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Computer

38
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Consumers go through 3 stages when processing external inputs

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  1. Encoding
  2. Storage
  3. Retrieval
39
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Types of meaning (4)

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  1. Sensory
  2. Semantic
  3. Personal relevance
  4. Narrative
40
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Types of memory (3)

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  1. Sensory
  2. Short-term
  3. Long-term
41
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Individual nodes connect to make…

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Meaning concepts

42
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Two or more connected nodes form a…

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Proposition

43
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Two or more propositions form a…

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Schema

44
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Schema is defined as the…

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Cognitive framework we develop through experience

45
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We encode information more readily when that information is…

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Consistent with an existing schema

46
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Scrips are…

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Sequence of events that are expected to occur

47
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According to activation models of memory, an incoming piece of information gets stored in an….

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Associative network

48
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The way we store a piece of information depends on the type of meaning we assign to it. Meaning types include… (5)

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  1. Brand-specific
  2. Ad-specific
  3. Brand identification
  4. Product category
  5. Evaluative reactions
49
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Retrieval is the process whereby we…

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Recover information from long-term memory

50
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We can forget information as a result of..

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Decay and interference

51
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We are better able to access information if our internal state is the same at the time of recall as when we learned the information. This process is known as…

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State-dependent retrieval

52
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When consumers are highly familiar with a brand/advertisement, they may not pay much attention to a message for it. This is known as…

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Automaticity

53
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The salience of a brand refers to its…

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Prominence or level of activation in memory

54
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The ______ Effect shows that any technique that increases the _______ of a stimulus will improve recall.

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von Restorff; Novelty

55
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We are (more/less) likely to remember information in pictorial form compared to verbal form.

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More

56
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Memory lapses occur when people tend to forget information or retain inaccurate memories. 3 types are..

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  1. Omitting (leaving facts out)
  2. Averaging (normalising things)
  3. Telescoping (wrong time)
57
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Nostalgia describes the _________ emotion that arises when we view the past with both _______ and _______

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Bittersweet; Sadness; Longing

58
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A retro brand is an…

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Updated version of an older brand