PSYC 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eyeblink Conditioning, Reward System, Implicit Memory
20 Apr 2012
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A change in an organism"s behavior as a result of experience. So it is not just sitting in a classroom and taking notes and learning that way, it is also playing piano, its meeting someone for first time and learning their name and face. Any long lasting permanent change: memory. The ability to recall or recognize previous experience. So you might learn someone"s name at a party, and then wake up next morning and not remember their name: memory implies a mental representation of the previous experience. Memory trace: a mental representation of a previous experience, presumed to correspond to some physical change in the brain. Our brain has neuroplasticity which means it is ever changing, it also means that we are constantly learning and storing information. We can look at neuronal changes in cells exposed to specific sensory experiences. We can also look at neural changes that mediate brain plasticity ie: recovery from brain injury, addiction, learning disabilities.
