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 a resensitization to the original stimulus

Question 3

Observational Learning

Answer 3

the acquisition of behaviour by watching others

Question 4

Associative Learning

Answer 4

pairing together stimuli and responses, or behaviours and consequences

Question 5

Classical Conditioning

Answer 5

a form of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with and unconditioned stimulus such that the neutral stimulus alone produces the same response as the unconditioned stimulus; the neutral stimulus thus becomes a conditioned stimulus

Question 6

Operant Conditioning

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Pathway of memory formation

Answer 7

sensory memory - short term memory - working memory - long term memory

Question 8

Explicit Memory

Answer 8

Conscious and includes declarative memory (facts and events)

Question 9

Implicit Memory

Answer 9

Unconscious and includes procedural memory (skills and tasks)

Question 10

Declarative Memory

Answer 10

includes episodic memory (events/experiences) and semantic memory (facts/concepts)

Question 11

Procedural Memory

Answer 11

Skills and tasks

Question 12

Episodic Memory

Answer 12

Events and experiences

Question 13

Semantic Memory

Answer 13

Facts and concepts

Question 14

Encoding

Answer 14

the process of putting new information into memory

Question 15

Facts are stored via

Answer 15

Semantic networks