PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Memory Span, Edward C. Tolman, Interference Theory
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What is learning: learning- a change in an organism"s behavior or thought as a result of experience or a relatively permanent change in thought or behavior that results from experience. What behaviors exist that don"t require learning: reflexes- involuntary response to a stimulus. What are two types of nonassociative learning: non-associative learning- response to a single stimulus due to repeated exposure. Doesn"t include sensory adaptation, fatigue, or injury. How does habituation differ from sensory adaptation: habituation- process of responding less strongly over time to a repeated stimulus. Ex: pictures of lemurs, noisy computer in a classroom: both entail decreased responsiveness of the ns to repeated stimuli, unlike sensory adaptation, habituation: occurs during perception, not sensation, and can lead to dishabituation. What are two models of associative learning: associative learning- process by which one stimulus comes to be associated with another stimulus or behavior, classical conditioning (pavlovian conditioning):
