Approaches to learning
Define Acquisition
The learning stage where the association is formed
What is the brain structure heavily involved in episodic memory
Hippocampus
The process of getting information into memory
Encoding
The progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to episodic memory decline
Alzheimers disease
Describe the Method of Loci
A mnemonic technique that improves memory by associating information with specific familiar locations or places in the mind.
Provide an example of positive punishment
Example includes something given to reduce a behaviour.
The neocortex is mainly involved in the storage of these memories
Explicit memories
What is the memory store with limited capacity and duration
Short-term memory
Remembering the capital city of France uses this type of memory
Semantic memory
Define songlines
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways of knowledge that use stories, songs, symbols and landmarks to pass on cultural knowledge, navigation and history across generations
A previously neutral stimulus that now causes a response is called...
A conditioned stimulus
The amygdala strengthens memory when experiences contain strong this
Emotion
The Atkinson-Shiffrin model explains memory using these three processes
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
Imagining future scenarios relies heavily on this type of thinking
Mental imagery
NASA and ROYGBIV are an example of...
Acronyms
List the 2 behaviourist approaches to learning and the 1 social-cognitive approach to learning
Behaviourist- classical & operant conditioning
Social-cognitive- observational learning
This pair of brain structures is most associated with implicit motor learning
Basal ganglia & cerebellum
The recency effect is linked to information still being active in this memory store
Short-term memory
What is aphantasia
A condition where a person has little or no ability to voluntarily create mental images in their mind, such as picturing a face, object or scene.
Unlike many written mnemonics, songlines are strongly connected to this
Country/ culture