PSYC 2240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ampa Receptor, Nmda Receptor, Visual Cortex
14 Sep 2016
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Chapter 12: the biology of learning and memory. Classical conditioning: pairing two stimuli changes the response to one of them (1) experimenter presents a conditioned stimulus (bell), which initially elicits no response of note, and then presents the unconditioned stimulus (food), which automatically elicits the unconditioned response (salivation) Reinforcer: any event that increases the future probability of the response, punishment: any even that suppresses the frequency of the response. Engram: the physical representation of what has been learned. Equipotentiality: all parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex behaviours such as learning, and any part of the cortex can substitute for any other, mass action: the cortex works as a whole, and more cortex is better. Lateral interpositus nucleus: essential for learning cerebellum critical for many other instances of classical conditioning also, but only if the delay between the onset of the cs and the onset of the ucs is short.
