Psych Test 3

Reletively permanent change in knowledge or behavior due to experience

"automatic" learning about events that go together

Learning though behavior followed by punishment and rewards

stimulus that naturally triggers a response

Natural Response to UCS

Origionally irrelevant responce that when paired with UCS leade to a CR

Learned Response to previously Neutral CS

Acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination

Neutral stimulus paired with UCS, NS leads to CR

CR fades with time if not paired with UCS

weakened reappearence, after pause, of extinguished CR

stimuli simular to CS leads to simular CR

learned ability to discriminate between CS and NS (opp. of generalization)

John Watsons experiment of Classical Conditioning using loud noises affiliated with white rats

a rewarded behavior is likely to reacur

a mouse does a certain act (turns on a light) and is rewarded with food and water, the mouse continues this act in order to get more food and water

Reinforcers lead actions closer and closer to desired behavior

increaces behavior

decreaces behavior

strengthens behavior by adding something desirable after behavior

Strengthens behavior by taking away something undesirable after behavior

Basic needs (food, sleep, physical comfort)

reinforcers we learn to value (money, toys)

response reinforced every time

response reinforced only part of the time (most resistant to extinciton)

Reasonable, Unpleasent, applied immediately

cultural shift from punishment to reinforcement

knowledge transferred within a culture

premotor cortex "mirror neutron" fire during observation of others

observing and imitating behavior

models are attractive, are somewhat similar to ourselves, and we are physically capable of imitating the models

positive, helpful models lead to learners' positive behaviors

negetive, abusive models lead to learners negetive behaviors

learn consequences of action by watching others be rewarded or punished

Aggressive behavior

learning that has persisted over time

immediate, very brief recording of sensory info iconic (visual) and echoic (auditory)

(Working Memory) holds few items briefly (20-30sec) usually through rehearsal 7+/-2

reletively permanent and limitless storage

with conscious recall, possessed in the hippocampus, facts (general knowledge) and personally experienced events

without concious recall, Processed by other brain areas, including cerebellum, skills (motor and cognitive) and classical and operant conditioning effects

enters info into memory

retains enclosed info over time

Recalls info when you need it

remember best when learned over time

recall first and last items best (especially the first), primary effect (first) and Recency (last)

Absent-mindedness, Transcience, and Blocking

Failure to encode

Decay over time

"Tip of Tongue" phenomenon, can't access

Misattribution, Suggestibility, Bias

source confusion

May produce false memories

Recollection colored by beliefes/emotions

Unwanted memories

blocks unpleasent memories

New and old learning complete

seemingly clear memory of emotional significant event

Incorporting inaccurate information into memory