Neuroscience of Learning
Main cells in the brain
What are neurons?
Russian scientist who invented classical conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
What is behaviorism?
Psychologist who created observational learning
Who was Albert Bandura?
This scientist created Cognitive Learning Theory
Who was Jean Piaget?
Chemicals transferred by neurons
What are neurotransmitters?
The bell in the experiment is used as this
What is the conditioned stimulus?
What is the Skinner box?
Title for person you are observing in social learning theory
Infant stage of cognitive learning theory
What is the sensorimotor stage?
Fatty substance surrounding neuron that speeds up connections
When the dog salivates, it is called...
What is the unconditioned/conditioned response?
What is negative reinforcement?
This is the stage of social learning theory in which you observe someone else
What is the attentional phase?
Abstract thinking is learned in this phase of cognitive learning theory
What is formal operational stage?
Brain's ability to make new connections
What is neuroplasticity?
The bell in school that tells you to move is an example of this.
Example is if you get a reward every 3, 7, 5, 8, and 12 times that you use a slot machine
What is variable ratio reinforcement?
Phase in social learning in which you remember what you just learned
What is the retentional phase?
This concept describes understanding that objects are still there even when you cannot see them
What is object permanence?
Age that your brain reaches maturity
How old is 25?
An example of this is when a cow jumps back at the sight of a wire.
What is the conditioned response?
A student wants to perform a backflip but is injured. They would have a hard time with this phase of social learning theory
What is assimilation?