Learning and Memory

Question 1

Habituation

Answer 1

Process of becoming used to a stimulus

Question 2

Dishabituation

Answer 2

Second stimulus intervenes causing a resensitization to the original stimulus

Question 3

Classical conditioning

Answer 3

Unconditioned stimulus that produces an instinctive, unconditioned response is paired with a neutral stimulus. Becomes conditioned stimulus

Question 4

Operant conditioning

Answer 4

Behavior changed through the use of consequences

Question 5

Reinforcement

Answer 5

Increases the likelihood of a behavior

Question 6

Punishment

Answer 6

Decreases the likelihood of a behavior

Question 7

Encoding

Answer 7

process of putting new information in memory

Question 8

Short-term memory

Answer 8

transient and based on neurotransmitter activity

Question 9

Working memory

Answer 9

Requires short-term memory , attention, and executive function to manipulate information

Question 10

Long-term memory

Answer 10

Requires elaborative rehearsal and is the result of increased neuronal connectivity and comes in two forms
1. Explicit