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classical conditioning

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a stimulus becomes assoc. w/ an involuntary behavior, over time the stimulus prompts that same behavior

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acquisition

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the initial learning of a conditioned response

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avoidance learning

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using pain/danger to induce classical conditioning

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conditioned emotional response

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classical conditioning using an emotion memory or other emotional association

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extinction

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when the classical conditioning starts to diminish

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food aversion

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when a food makes you sick, you think it will always make you sick

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operant conditioning

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a stimulus becomes assoc. w/ a voluntary behavior, over time the stimulus prompts that same behavior

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law of effect

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behaviors resulting in positive outcome will be repeated

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positive reinforcement

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rewarding for good behavior

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negative reinforcement

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removing the person causing the bad behavior - ex taking a child home

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negative punishment

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undesired consequences to bad behavior - a whoopin

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positive punishment

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removal of something desired as punishment for bad behavior

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semantic memories

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memorized meanings of words that you ‘just know’

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episodic memories

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memory of event, including what, where, when, why

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explicit memories

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voluntarily retrieved from long term memory (something you have learned)

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implicit memories

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involuntary, you do not need to think about them (riding a bike)

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habit

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automatic response to stimuli

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controlled processing

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beginning of learning that requires attention and explicit memories

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automatic processing

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after much practice, implicit memories are used

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priming

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when a pre-existing memory lingers and aids in future learning or perception

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sensory memory

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first memory store, automatic, lot of info in one second

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short term memory

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second memory store, little info in 30 seconds

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long term memory

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last memory store, lots of info, stored forever

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recall

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retrieving facts from memory

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recognition

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identify stimulus, later make an association

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state-dependent retrieval

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state at which you learned needs to be same state for you to remember

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false memories

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believing a memory that is not yours is true

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distorted memories

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getting info about something that makes you question or change your memory i.e the movie inception

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encoding failure

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not processing info well enough to be stored long term

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retroactive interference

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learning new info, causes you to forget old info

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proactive interference

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memory of old info, prevents you from learning new info

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Retrograde amnesia

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cant remember the past

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anterograde amnesia

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cant remember five minutes ago - ex. Dory