Memory

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

change in behaviour from result of experience

Question 2

Reflex

Answer 2

involuntary

Question 3

Classical conditioning

Answer 3

involuntary learning process, repeated association of two or more stimuli

Question 4

unconditioned stimulus (US)

Answer 4

naturally occurring, auto

Question 5

unconditioned response(UR)

Answer 5

reflexive, involuntary

Question 6

neutral stimulus (NS)

Answer 6

doesnt stimulate a response

Question 7

conditioned response (CR)

Answer 7

learned response, repeated

Question 8

conditioned stimulus (CS)

Answer 8

neutral but triggers a response

Question 9

contiguity

Answer 9

sequential occurence of stimulus

Question 10

operant conditioning

Answer 10

consequences of a particular response or behaviour likelihood of being repeated

Question 11

Antecedent

Answer 11

stimulus that comes before operant response

Question 12

Behaviour

Answer 12

what happens

Question 13

Consequence

Answer 13

operant response, what happens after behaviour

Question 14

Positive reinforcement

Answer 14

desirable stimulus is added to increase likelihood of behaviour occurring again

Question 15

Negative reinforcement

Answer 15

aversive stimulus is removed, behaviour wont repeat

Question 16

Positive puishment

Answer 16

unpleasant stimulus added, decrease likelihood of behaviour

Question 17

Negative punishment

Answer 17

desirable stimulus is removed, less likelihood of behaviour repeating

Question 18

Extinction

Answer 18

conditioned stimulus is not permanent (disappear)

Question 19

observational learning

Answer 19

social-cognitive process when watching a model’s actions for future behaviour

Question 20

attention

Answer 20

actively focuses

Question 21

retention

Answer 21

accurate mental representation

Question 22

reproduction

Answer 22

converts mental representation into behaviour

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motivation

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wants to reproduce observed behaviour

Question 24

reinforcement

Answer 24

motivation to reproduce observed behaviour

Question 25

explicit memory

Answer 25

consciously retrieved

Question 26

episodic memory

Answer 26

long term memory of personally experienced events

Question 27

Semantic memory

Answer 27

long term memory of facts and knowledge

Question 28

Implicit memory

Answer 28

memory doesnt require conscious (memory without awareness)

Question 29

Procedural memory

Answer 29

memory of motor skills and actions that have been previously learned

Question 30

Classically conditioned

Answer 30

conditioned responses to conditioned stimuli

Question 31

hippocampus

Answer 31

encoding, retrieval of explicit episodic and semantic memories

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amygdala

Answer 32

emotional aspects of memories, classically conditioned responses

Question 33

neocortex

Answer 33

long term storage of explicit episodic and semantic memories

Question 34

cerebellum

Answer 34

encoding, temporary storage of implicit procedural memories for motor skills

Question 35

basal ganglia

Answer 35

cognition, regulating movement and implicit memory

Question 36

alzheimer's disease

Answer 36

dementia, memory decline

Question 37

aphantasia

Answer 37

unable to visualise imagery

Question 38

mnemonics

Answer 38

techniques to improve ability to remember

Question 39

acronyms

Answer 39

first letter: VCE=victorian___

Question 40

acrostics

Answer 40

phrases: Never Eat Soggy Waffles

Question 41

Method of loci

Answer 41

memory palace. imagery

Question 42

sung narrative

Answer 42

singing

Question 43

song lines

Answer 43

storys, journeys

Question 44

iconic

Answer 44

visual

Question 45

echoic

Answer 45

auditory

Question 46

STM

Answer 46

7 ± 2 units

Question 47

Duration of STM

Answer 47

how long

Question 48

Capacity of STM

Answer 48

how much