Vocabulary
The tendency after conditioning to respond similarly to stimuli that resemble the conditioned stimulus.
Generalization
The father of classical conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
The father of operant conditioning
B. F. Skinner
Vicarious punishments/rewards (keyword Vicarious)
How many items can be stored (on average) in your working memory?
7
Av event that is innately reinforcing, often by satisfying a biological need.
Primary reinforcer
This experiment involved scaring a small child when they saw a small fluffly rabbit.
The Little Albert Experiment
Rather than making associations between two different stimulus, in operant conditioning animals (and people) make associations between ___________________ and consequences.
Behaviour
You are able to learn via modelling because of what type of neurons?
Mirror neurons
An the 3 or 4 seconds when you still hear an audio sound after it disappears is known as?
Echoic memory
An event that decreases the behaviour that follows
Punishment
The fact that it is easier to learn behaviour closer to an animal's natural behaviour is known as a __________________
Taking away a cellphone is an example of what type of operant conditioning.
Negative punisher
Deja Vu is due to:
Source Amnesia
The last time you remembered it.
The process of getting information into the memory system
Encoding
What happens after a period of time with a conditioned stimulus no longer being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Extinction
What type of reinforcement schedule results in most responsive behaviour?
Variable ratio
Who first measured the "Forgetting Curve:
Ebbinghaus
Besides chunking, what is a another strategy to use to help increase your ability to remember things in the short term?
Mnemonics
The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations of memory
Priming
What machine/tool did Pavlov invent?
Dog drool trap.
A clicker (as in dog training) is an example of what kind of reinforcer?
Why are phone numbers divided up into brackets and dashes? Name the specific tool.
(778) 368 - 2481
Chunking
Bringing objects from your working memory to your long term memory requires:
Rehearsal