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Operant conditioning |
A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher |
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Reinforcement |
In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows |
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Punishment |
An event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows |
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Memory |
The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information |
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Encoding |
The processing of information into memory |
Extracting meaning |
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Storage |
The retention of encoded info over time |
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Retrieval |
The process of getting info out of memory storage |
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Sensory memory |
The immediate, very brief recording of sensory info into the memory system |
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Short-term memory |
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, before the info is stored of forgotten |
7 digits of a phone number |
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Long-term memory |
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences |
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Working memory |
A newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual - spatial info, and of info retrieved from long-term memory |
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Explicit memory |
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" |
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Effortful processing |
Encoding that requires attention an conscious effort |
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Automatic processing |
Unconscious encoding of incidental info, such as space, time and frequency, and of well-learned info |
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Implicit memory |
Retention independent of conscious recollection |
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