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Psychology Exam 2 - css
Learning, Memory, etc
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Undergraduate 1
03/02/2011

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Learning
Definition
a relatively permanent behavior change due to experience
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Associative Learning
Definition

  • learning that certain events occur together.  The events may be two stimuli or a response and its consequences. (292)
    • Example:  Lightning + Thunder (two stimuli) seeing lighting wincing in anticipation of thunder. 
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Operant Conditioning
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 Learn to associate a response (our behavior) and its consequence and thus to repeat acts followed by good results and avoid acts followed by bad results.  (293) Example:  Figure 7.2 on Page 293 Seal learns that when he bounces the ball he gets food.

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Observational Learning
Definition
learn from others experiences
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