Learning and Memory

Question 1

Habituation?

Answer 1

the process of becoming used to a stimulus

Question 2

Dishabituation?

Answer 2

occurs when a second stimulus intervenes, causing resensitization to the original stimulus

Question 3

Observational learning?

Answer 3

acquiring behavior by watching others

Question 4

Associative learning?

Answer 4

pairing together stimuli and responses, or behaviors and consequences

Question 5

Classical conditioning?

Answer 5

form of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus such that the neutral stimulus alone produces the same response as the unconditioned stimulus; the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus (dog and bell with food)

Question 6

Operant conditioning?

Answer 6

a form of associative learning in which the frequency of a behavior is modified using reinforcement (increases behavior) or punishment (decreases behavior)

Question 7

What are the two types of long term memory?

Answer 7

explicit (conscious-facts,events), implicit (unconscious-skills, tasks)

Question 8

Episodic memory?

Answer 8

events, experiences

Question 9

Semantic memory?

Answer 9

facts, concepts

Question 10

Encoding?

Answer 10

process of putting new info into memory

Question 11

How are facts stored and retrieved?

Answer 11

stored- by semantic networks

retrieved- based on priming interconnected nodes of semantic network

Question 12

T/F

Recognition of info is stronger than recall.

Answer 12

True