PSYO 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Drools, Rosalie Rayner, Rein
11 Jul 2018
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Enduring changes in behaviour that occur with new experience. Links up to memory: learning depends on storing information about past experience and using it to alter behavior in the future. Occurs when information moves from short-term to long-term memory (new knowledge stored) Automatic shift of attention towards a new stimulus. Example: dark room and a light turns on, orient towards it (almost like a reflex) Habituation regarded as the simplest learning form. Sensory process by which individuals adapt to constant stimulation. The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus. Example: bright light and you orient to it, but with repeated light going on and off, you don"t respond to it as much: response to it is decreasing. Result: change in the response stemming from experience. Occurs when one piece of information is linked repeatedly with another and the individual connects the two sources of information. Form as a result of 2 events occurring together.
