Factors That Influence Learning

Question 1

What is perceptual learning?

Answer 1

Occurs when specks of our perception changes as a function of experience

Question 2

What is implicit learning?

Answer 2

Occurs when we acquire information without intent that we cannot easily express

Question 3

What is implicit memory?

Answer 3

Changes in behavior that reveal the influence of past experiences without intending to use it

Question 4

What is non-associative learning?

Answer 4

Occurs when a single repeated exposure leads to a change in behavior

Question 5

What is habituation?

Answer 5

When the response to a stimulus decreases with exposure

Question 6

What is sensitization?

Answer 6

When the response to a stimulus decreases with exposure

Question 7

What is working memory?

Answer 7

The form of memory we use to hold onto information temporarily, usually for the purposes of manipulation

Question 8

What is chunking?

Answer 8

The process of grouping information together using our knowledge

Question 9

What is encoding?

Answer 9

The pact of putting information into memory

Question 10

What is incidental learning?

Answer 10

Any type of learning that happens without the intention to learn

Question 11

What is intentional learning?

Answer 11

Any type of learning that happens when motivated by intention

Question 12

What is metacognition?

Answer 12

Describes the knowledge and skills people have in monitoring and controlling their own learning and memory

Question 13

What is transfer-appropriate-processing?

Answer 13

States that memory performance is superior when a test taps the same cognitive processes as the original encoding activity

Question 14

What is explicit learning?

Answer 14

Traditional method

Question 15

What is specific anxiety?

Answer 15

Hurts working memory

Question 16

What is expertise?

Answer 16

Limit to learning not in how much knowledge we can store, but how we can access stored information