Learning Theory Flashcards
Retroactive interference/inhibition
When new learning interferes with previous learning
Avoidance behavior ie an phobia is difficult to tx because?
He feared stimuli is rarely presented
Proactive interference/inhibition
When previous learning interferes with new learning
Wolfgang Koehler’s research revealed that
Learning is insightful…animals and humans experience aha experience
Interceptive exposure
Exposure to feared physical sensations such as hyperventilation, shaking head, tension
What is a flashbulb memory?
Vivid, detailed memory of emotionally charged events
What is the method of loci?
Strategy to improve recall using visual images that involves associating items with mental images of places or with specific items
Eidetic imagery is also called?
Photographic memory
According to hopelessness theory of depression, hopelessness is
Hopelessness is a cause rather than a symptom. It is a proximal sufficient cause of depression but not necessary.
What is meta-cognition?
Knowledge we have about our own cognitive processes
Working memory is associated with which two brain regions and is able to hold what type of words?
Prefrontal cortex and cingulate gyrus
Short words
Latent learning
Associated with Tolman’s cognitive learning theory and states that learning is the result of conditioning and cognitive understanding. Does not involve reinforcement and does not immediately manifest in behavior.
How do you do backward conditioning
Repeatedly present the US before the CS
The basic principle behind the Rescoria-Wagner model of learning is
Learning depends on the surprising ness of the US. When the US is surprising there is a larger amount of conditioning that occurs and if the occurrence of the US is less surprising a relatively smaller amount of conditioning occurs.
Response cost
Removal of a prescribed reward every time a person performs an undesired behavior e.g. Remove or lower an allowance if the child yells at her parents
