PSY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Childhood Amnesia, Child Development Stages, Interactive Voice Response

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

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Associative learning: learning that involves forming sit associations between stimuli. Non-associative learning : learning that involves changes in the magnitude of response to a stimulus. The most basic forms of learning or non-associative. There are two major types of known associative learning: Habituation: a form of known associative learning were by repeated presentation of the stimulus leads to a reduction in. Habituation refers to a decrement in response to repeated stimulus presentation. It allows organisms to ignore stimuli that do not convey information of biological significance. It is not a result of sensory adaptation or fatigue of neurons but instead occurs within the central nervous system. Sensitization: a form of non-associative learning whereby a strong stimulus results in an exaggerated response to the subsequent presentation of weaker stimuli. Involves an altered response after the presentation of a single stimulus. It involves an increase, as opposed to decrease, in response with learning.