PSYC 2210 Study Guide - Object Permanence, Constructed Language, Visible Language

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2210
• Professor: Tony Neild

Document Summary

Short-term or working memory working memory is used to guide whatever tasks the individual is currently performing the information must be continually updated. Delayed matching to sample matching to sample: reinforcement is delivered if the subject chooses the comparison stimulus that matches a sample stimulus. Dmts improves if the sample is presented for a longer duration retroactive interference: occurs when the presentation of some new material interferes with the memory of something that was learned earlier. Example: a person memorizes list a, then list b, then tested on. List a, memorization of list b will impair the subjects memory of list a. Rehearsal we repeatedly recite whatever we wish to remember. To demonstrate the existence of rehearsal in animals, researchers have tried to show: that animals can choose whether to engage in rehearsal, just as they can choose whether to preform and operant behaviour.