PSY 324 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Classical Conditioning, Amnesia, Brain Damage

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 324
• Professor: Alexandra Fiocco

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2 categories of learning: classical conditioning: when pairing two stimuli changes the response to one of them. P), but in classical conditioning the cs & ucs occur regardless of indv"s behavior. If anything, interrupted rehearsal of short-term memory before consolidation completed its course, the info was simply lost. Our changing views of consolidation: later studies made distinction between st and lt memory problematic bc, many st memories are not simply temporary stores on their way to being. In short, the memory was distributed over many cells in an alternating pattern. As your memory of an unpleasant event begins to fade, you start to feel better. Amnesia: memory loss: no one loses all kinds of memory equally. 1953; hm was suffering about 10 minor epileptic seizures per day and agreed to. Intact working memory: his st or working memory remained intact, unless he was distracted, most patients w severe amnesia also show normal working memory, if they avoid distraction.