PSY 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Classic Case, Working Memory, Operant Conditioning
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Tuesday, november 28, 2017 tuesday, december 5, 2017. Classical (pavlovian) conditioning: exposed to conditioned stimulus (cs) (tone, sound, follow conditioned stimulus with unconditioned stimulus (ucs) (food, automatically elicits salivation (unconditioned response, ucr, after some number of repetitions, conditioned stimulus (tone) leads to conditioned response (cr) (salivation) Different types of memory: short-term memory: involves retention or awareness of information for a brief moment, working memory: involves the retention of information for a period of time sufficient for a cognitive process to occur. Increased pp1 in response to acute memory formation is adaptive: distributed practice allows levels of pp1 to stay relatively low, massed practice (i. e. , cramming before an exam) creates buildup of pp1 and will lead you to forget. Basic neurophysiology of alzhei(cid:373)er"s disease: progresses into serious memory loss and confusion, affects 5% of 65-74 years old, nearly 50% of those over 85 years old.
