Learning memory
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
Areas within Learning memory
Cognitive psychology
Attention, memory, language, perception and thinking.
689 wordsSocial psychology
How people think, feel and behave in social settings.
8 wordsDevelopmental psychology
Psychological change across the lifespan.
67 wordsClinical psychology
Assessment and treatment of psychological difficulties.
116 wordsBehavioural psychology
Learning, conditioning, reinforcement and observable behaviour.
28 wordsNeuroscience
The nervous system and the biological basis of behaviour and cognition.
1 wordsPersonality psychology
Enduring patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour.
22 wordsPsychometrics
The design and evaluation of psychological measurement.
0 wordsAbnormal psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
85 wordsEmotion motivation
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
4 wordsHealth psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
7 wordsLearning memory
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
17 wordsOrganisational psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
2 wordsPerception
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
114 wordsPsychological neuroscience
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
14 wordsPsychology research methods
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
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a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
Encodingnounthe activity of converting data or information into code
encryptionnounthe activity of converting data or information into code
Episodic memorynounmemory for episodes in your own life
Personal memorynounmemory for episodes in your own life
Semantic memorynounyour memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
working memorynounmemory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
Aversive conditioningnounconditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus
Classical conditioningnounconditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the…
Compressionnounencoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
Counter conditioningnounconditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; "counter conditioning lies behind many o…
Data encryptionnoun(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
Experimental extinctionnouna conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Extinctionnouna conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Operant conditioningnounconditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence…
Memorynounthe area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
Instrumental conditioningnounoperant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given