Unit 13 Flashcards
Learning to automatically make a particular response in the presence of a particular stimulus; includes classical and operant conditioning
Stimulus-response learning
The hypothesis that the cellular basis of learning involves strengthening of a synapse that is repeatedly active when the postsynaptic neuron fires
Hebb rule
Learning procedure whereby the effects of a particular behavior in a particular situation increase or decrease the probability of the behavior
Operant conditioning
An appetitive stimulus that follows a particular behavior and thus makes the behavior become more frequent
Reinforcing stimulus
An adverse stimulus that follows a particular behavior and thus makes the behavior become less frequent
Punishing stimulus
Learning to make a new response
Motor learning
Learning to recognize a particular stimulus
Perceptual learning
Learning the relationships among individual stimuli
Relational learning
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response, and motor memory
Nondeclarative memory
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as a memory for events in a person’s pest
Declarative memory
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organized in time and identified by a particular context
Episodic memory
A memory of facts and general information
Semantic memory
Plays a critical role in reinforcement
Ventral tegmental area (VTA)
Involved in reinforcement and attention
Nucleus accumbens (NAC)
Forebrain structure of the temporal lobe, constituting an important part of the limbic system; includes hippocampus proper, dentate gyrus, and subiculum
Hippocampal formation
