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Chapter 6 learning and cognition
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/14/2015

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Verbal Learning
Definition
Remembering:
-Words
-Picture
-Locations
Term
Ebbinghaus
Definition
Introduced Serial Learning
-Learning: number of study trials needed
-Memory: number times needed to relearn lists
Term
Savings
Definition
How many trials are saved in relearning

(1st trial - 2nd trial)/ (number of trails in session 1)
Term
Forgetting curve
Definition
-opp of learning curve
-most forgetting happens immediately afterward
Term
Serial Position Effect
Definition
-Primacy vs Recency
-Happens because of
1. The ends of list anchor
2. Rehearsal time > @ end than beginning
3. Different memory systems
4. Interference more likely for middle items.
Term
Types of Interference
Definition
Proactive
Retroactive
Term
Paired associate Learning
Definition
Experimenter shows 2 words
They're committed to memory
Presentation of first word should prime second

E.g., tree-fountain ---> tree-_???__


-if STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION decreases, error increases
-RESPONSE LEARNING depends on how meaningful the stimuli are.
-STIMULUS-RESPONSE ASSOCIATING says that preexisting association b/w stimulus and response can either help or hinder the association process. (e.g., gold-college versus gold-july)
Term
Free recall learning
Definition
-Order doesn't matter
-recall as many as possible
-serial position effects (primacy/recency)
-age effects

Things that help recall:
-rehearsal
-organizations ("associative clustering" and "categorical clustering")
Term
Cues
Definition
-Too many cues (e.g., giving catagories) can disrupt learning due to overload
Term
Recognition Learning
Definition
-subjects will try to distinguish old info from new
-to make more difficult: increase # distractors
Term
Picture superiority effect
Definition
pictures > words
Term
Remembering vs. Knowing
Definition
Remembering: specific details about the item are recalled, including where it was learned.

Knowing: general knowledge of the item, but lacks context.
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