PSY 2501 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thalamus, Grey Matter, Operant Conditioning
21 Apr 2016
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Learning- the process of acquiring new and enduring information, behavior patterns, or abilities, characterized by modifications of behavior as a result of practice, study or experience. Patient h. m. - a patent who, because of damage to medial temporal lobe structures, was unable to encode new declarative memories; upon his death we learned his name was henry molaison. Retrograde amnesia- difficulty in retrieving memories formed before the onset of amnesia. Anterograde amnesia- the inability to form new memories beginning with the onset of a disorder. Declarative memory- a memory that can be stated or described. Nondeclarartive memory or procedural memory- a memory that is shown by performance rather than by conscious recollection. Short term memory (stm) - the capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.
