PSY100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Iconic Memory, Soltyrei, Sensory Memory

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Learning: classical conditioning > a type of learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a re exive response caused by another stimulus that already produced that response. Acquisition > the gradual formation of learning where a response is established between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. Extinction > a process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus (when the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus no longer occur together => no learning) Spontaneous recovery > a process in which a previously extinguished response re-emerges following presentation of the conditioned stimulus (the reoccurrence of a conditioned response after it has become extinct) Stimulus generalization > occurs when a stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus produce the conditioned response (when a response that occurs to one speci c stimulus occurs to another similar stimulus) Conditioned taste aversion > associating a particular food with an unpleasant outcome (ex.