Learning and Memory Flashcards
Two stimuli are linked together to produce a
new learned response in a person or animal
Classical Conditioning
A stimulus in any act, influence or agent that
creates a response.
- When the stimulus automatically triggers some
type of response.
Unconditioned Stimulus
Natural, unconscious reaction to whatever
stimulus might be.
Unconditioned Response
When a neutral stimulus becomes associated
with an unconditioned stimulus, thus triggering
conditioned response.
Conditioned Stimulus
Response that was learned from the onceneutral stimulus.
Conditioned Response
an individual’s response is followed by a
reinforcer or a punishment
Operant Conditioning
the physical representation of what has been
learned
Engram
2 principles about the nervous system:
- Equipotentiality: all parts of the cortex
contribute equally to complex behaviors
such as learning; any part of the cortex
can substitute for any other. - Mas Action: the cortex works as a
whole and the more cortex the better.
Structure located in the cerebellum that’s plays
a crucial role in motor learning and
coordination.
- Eye-blink response
LATERAL INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS (LIP)
Can hold information for up to a minute or so
after the traces of the stimulus decays.
SHORT TERM MEMORY
Type or stage of memory capable of relatively
permanent storage.
Long Term Memory
it involves the immediate and small amount if
information that a person actively uses as they
perform cognitive tasks.
Working Memory
a complex brain structure embedded deep into
the temporal lobe.
- It has a major role in learning and memory.
- It is a plastic and vulnerable structure that gets
damaged by a variety of stimuli.
Hippocampus
Deliberate recall of information that one
recognizes as a memory.
Explicit Memory
the influence of recent experience on behavior,
without necessarily realizing that one is using
memory
Implicit memory
