Test 3 Flashcards
the acquisition of new skills is
learning
the retention of learned information is
memory
the memory of facts and events is called
declarative memory
unconscious/automatic or motor memory is called
nondeclarative memory
is nondeclarative memory or declarative memory implicit?
non-declarative: IMPlicit
declarative: explicit
memory for skills, habits and behaviours
procedural memory
what are the 2 types of procedural memory?
associative and non-associative
What is nonassociative learning
a change in behavioural response that occurs over time in response to a single type of stimulus
what is associative learning
behaviour altered by the formation of an association between two events
what is habituation? Is it related to associative or non-associative learning?
related to non-associative learning; becoming familiarized to a stimulus over time until it goes unnoticed`
what is sensitization? Is related to associative or non-associative learning?
non-associative; the intensification of response to all stimuli
what is classical conditioning?
The formation of a conditioned response to a conditional stimulus (bell) after relating to an unconditional stimulus (meat)(Pavlov’s dog)
what is instrumental conditioning?
an individual learns to associate a motor act with a meaningful stimulus/reward
short term memories turn into long term memories by
memory consolidation
temporary memory in the order of hours
short-term memory
