Learning and Memory 2

Question 1

Cognitive Map

Answer 1

= a mental representation of the spatial characteristics of a familiar environment

Question 2

Latent Learning

Answer 2

= learning could occur in the absence of rewards and punishments

Question 3

Observational Learning

Answer 3

= learning that takes place through active judgment and constructive processes

Bobo Doll experiment

Question 4

Memory

Answer 4

= set of storage systems and processes for encoding, storing and retrieving information acquired through our senses and for relating this information to previously acquired knowledge.

Question 5

Sensory Memory

Answer 5

= a temporary, sensory based representation of input received through sensory channels

Question 6

Iconic Memory

Answer 6

Duration = 0.5 seconds
Capacity = unlimited

Question 7

Echoic Memory

Answer 7

Duration = 4 seconds
Capacity = unlimited

Question 8

3 memory processes

Answer 8

Encoding = registration of information in sensory regions of the brain
Storage = representations of information that are consolidated in memory traces stored in networks of neurons
Retrieval = remembering, knowing and doing