Learning

Question 1

Classical Conditioning

Answer 1

• when the previous stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus
• Pavlov
• Taste Aversion (get the flu after you eat a food and from then on out u don’t eat that food)
• involuntary/passive

Question 2

Where in the brain does classical conditioning occur?

Answer 2

-cerebellum
-amygdala: conditioned emotional response

Question 3

Operant conditioning

Answer 3

learning through consequences
- Skinner
- voluntary/active

Question 4

Reinforcement

Answer 4

event that strengthens the behavior it follows

Question 5

Punishment

Answer 5

event that decreases the behavior it follows

Question 6

Memory

Answer 6

ability to recall previous experiences

Question 7

Types of Memory

Answer 7

short term, implicit, episodic, semantic

Question 8

Short Term memory

Answer 8

working memory: memory that is held briefly in the mind that enables a
the particular task to be accomplished

Question 9

Implicit Memory

Answer 9

memory that is expressed through performance and is assumed to
operate unconsciously

Question 10

Episodic memory

Answer 10

memory for personally experienced past events
- medial temporal lobe

Question 11

Semantic memory

Answer 11

memory for general knowledge of the world
- left lateral prefrontal cortex

Question 12

4 areas for explicit memory

Answer 12

1. Perirhinal cortex: visual object memory
2. Paraphippocampal cortex: visuospatial memory
3. Entorhinal cortex: integrative memory such as processing familiarity
4. Hippocampus: spatial memory (location of objects)

Question 13

LONG TERM POTENTIATION

Answer 13

One or more axons connected to a dendrite bombard it with a rapid series of stimuli.

Question 14

3 stages of LTP

Answer 14

1. Induction (Learning)
2. Maintenance (Memory)
3. Expression (Recall)