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What is learning?

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The process of making new knowledge, skills or behaviors through experiences

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What is classical conditioning?

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A type of learning that involves repeated association between two stimuli’s to produce a natural response.

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What are the 3 stages of conditioning?

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Before, during and after

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What is before conditioning?

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When the neutral stimulus has no significance as well as responses.

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What is during conditioning?

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when the neutral stimulus is paired repeatedly with the unconditioned stimulus, creating a unconditioned response.

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What is after conditioning?

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when the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus, creating a conditioned response.

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What is neutral stimulus?

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a type of stimulus that has no response prior to the conditioning.

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What is a unconditioned stimulus?

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a type of stimulus that produces an unconscious response.

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What is a unconditioned response?

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a type of response that is a naturally occurring behavior in response to a stimulus.

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What is a conditioned stimulus?

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(was the neutral) a type of stimulus that produces a conditioned response after being repeatedly paired with the UCS.

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What is a conditioned response?

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a type of response that happens involuntary after the CS is presented.

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EXAMPLE OF CONDITIONING

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stage 1:
NS=no response
stage 2:
NS+UCS=UCR
stage 3:
CS=CR

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What is operant conditioning?

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a 3 phase learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior repeating is determined by the consequences.

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What is the three phase model made up of?

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Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence

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What is antecedent?

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The stimulus that triggers a certain behaviour.

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What is behaviour?

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The operant response where the individual acts voluntarily to the antecedent.

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What is consequence?

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The outcome which shapes or guides the future behaviors.

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Whats reinforcement?

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A consequence where it increases the likelihood that behavior will reoccur.

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What is punishment?

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A consequence where it decreases the likelihood of that behavior reoccurring.

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What is positive reinforcement?

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the addition of a desirable stimulus. example, getting a lolly for completing homework.

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What is negative reinforcement?

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the removal of a desirable stimulus. example, losing phone privileges for swearing.

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What is positive punishment?

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the addition of an undesirable stimulus. example getting detention for not doing homework.

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What is negative punishment?

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the removal of an undesirable stimulus. example being let off of doing chores because you did good in a SAC

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What is observational learning?

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a socio-cognitive approach to learning where it involves in watching the behavior of a model then watch the associated consequence with that behavior

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What is socio-cognitive approaches to learning?

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A theory in which learning takes place in a social setting and involves various of cognitive processes.

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What is a model?

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The individual that is performing the behavior that is being observed.

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STAGES OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

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Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation
Reinforcement

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What is attention?

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involves the learner actively watching the model.

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What is retention?

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involves the learner storing the metal representation of the behavior.

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What is reproduction?

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when the learner as the mental and physical ability to perform the behavior.

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What is motivation?

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when the learner has the desire to copy the behavior.

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What is reinforcement?
(relation to observational learning)

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when the learner receives a positive outcome after performing the behavior, they are more likely to do it again.

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TYPES OF MOTIVATION

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Intrinsic
Entrinsic

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TYPES OF REINFORCEMENT
(observational learning)

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Self-reinforcement
External reinforcement
Vicarious reinforcement

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What is intrinsic motivation?

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occurs from within the individual, example the desire to perform well on a SAC

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What is extrinsic motivation?

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occurs from factors external from the individual, example the teacher praising you for doing well on the SAC

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What is self-reinforcement?

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when the behavior is reinforced through internal factors, such as feeling proud of yourself.

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What is external reinforcement?

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when the behavior is reinforced through external factors, such as getting an award.

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What is vicarious reinforcement?

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when the behavior is reinforced by observing the other person being reinforced for the same behavior, such as seeing someone receiving a award for doing well

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What is system of knowledge?

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knowledge and skills are based on interconnected social, physical and spiritual understandings.

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What is mulitmodal?

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using a variety of methods.

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8 WAYS OF LEARNING FRAMEWORK

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story sharing
learning maps
non-verbal
symbols and images
non-linear
land links
community links
deconstruct/reconstruct

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What is story sharing?

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The approach to learn through narrative, by connecting through the stories we share.

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What is learning maps?

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Mapping and visualizing processes by picturing our pathways of knowledge.

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What is non-verbal?

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Applying intra-personal and kin-aesthetic skills to thinking and learning. We see, think, act, make and share without words.

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What is symbols and images?

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Using images and metaphors to understand the content, we keep and share knowledge with art and objects.

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What is land links?

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Place based learning, lining content to local land and place. We work with lessons from land and nature.

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What is non-linear?

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Producing innovations and understanding by thinking laterally or combining systems. We put different ideas together to create new knowledge.

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What is deconstruct/reconstruct?

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Modelling and scaffolding, working from wholes to part. We work from wholes to part, watching then doing.

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What is community links?

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Centering local viewpoints, applying learning for community belief. We bring new knowledge home to help our mob.

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What is memory?

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the process of encoding, storing and retrieving information that had been encountered.

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What is encoding?

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the process where it converts information from our stm into a form so our brain can store it.

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What is storage?

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the process where the brain retains the information in the ltm so that we can retrieve it for future use.

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What is retrieval?

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the process of accessing previously stored information from our ltm

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What is sensory memory?

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it stores raw information briefly detected by the senses

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What is iconic memory?

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stores visual information for 0.2-0.4 seconds and has a unlimited capacity.

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What is echoic memory?

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stores auditory information for 3-4 seconds and has a unlimited capacity.

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What is short term memory? (stm)

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actively manipulates information, so it remains conscious awareness, it has a capacity of 5-9 items and can be increase by chunking as well as a duration of 12-30 seconds.

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What is long term memory? (ltm)

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stores information that has been semantically encoded for future use. it has a capacity that in unlimited and the duration is relatively permanent.

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What is explanatory power?

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The ability of a hypothesis or a theory to explain the subject matter effectively to which it pertains.

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What is explicit memory?

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a type of ltm that is formed and retrieved intentionally with conscious effort.

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What is implicit memory?

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a type of ltm that is formed and retrieved without conscious effort

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What is a procedural memory?

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a type of implicit memory that involves knowing how to carry out tasks that are facilitated by motor skills.

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What is episodic memory?

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a type of explicit memory that consists of personal experiences or events.

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What is semantic memory?

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a type of explicit memory that consists of general knowledge or facts.

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BRAIN STRUCTURE

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hippocampus
amygdala
neocortex
basal ganglia
cerebellum

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What is the hippocampus?

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a brain structure that encodes explicit memories

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What is the amygdala?

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a brain structure that encodes the emotional components of memories

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What is the neocortex?

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a brain structure involved in higher brain functions that stores explicit memories.

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What is the basal ganglia?

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a brain structure responsible for encoding and storage of motor and implicit memory.

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What is the cerebellum?

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a brain structure encoding and storage of implicit procedural memories.

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What is Alzheimer’s disease?

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a neurodegenerative disease that involves the progressive loss of neurons in the brain characterized by memory decline.

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What is amyloid plaques?

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when beta-amyloid proteins build up. This abnormal build-up forms plaques between the synapses of neurons, and so interfere with communication.

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What is neurofibillary tangles?

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when protein builds up inside the neuron and are associated with cell death. This interferes with the flow of information travels within and between neurons, disrupting communication.

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What is the symptoms and treatments of Alzheimer’s

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symptoms include memory loss, personality change, confusion and disorientation and repetition.
There is no cure but there is medication to slow the disease.

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What is aphantasia?

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a phenomenon where a individual lack the capacity to generate a mental image.

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What are mnemonics?

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A technique used to encoding, storage and retrieval of information.

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What is an acronym?

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a mnemonic uses the first letters of items to form a pronounceable word to aid memory.

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What is an acrostic?

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a mnemonic device that uses the first letters of items to form phrase, poem or rhyme to aid memory.

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What is method of loci?

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a mnemonic device that converts items into mental images and associates them with specific locations to aid memory.

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