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VCE Psychology - Learning and memory
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relatively permanent change in behaviour and cognition that occurs as
a result of experience Ans: learning
active information processing system that encodes, stores and recovers
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information Ans: memory
neural pathway formed by learning so information can travel around the
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brain Ans: memory trace
synapses formed with other neural cells Ans: synaptogenesis
ability for brain's neural structure or function to be changed by
experience throughout one's lifespan Ans: neural plasticity
changes in neuron and synaptic connections occur due to
developmental processes and environmental experiences (growth) Ans:
developmental plasticity
changes in neurons and synapses in accordance to best suit
environmental conditions (learning/injury) Ans: adaptive plasticity
strengthening of synaptic connections long-term, leading to enhanced
synaptic transmission Ans: long term potentiation
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lack of stimulation of pre- and postsynaptic neurons or prolonged low
level stimulation Ans: long term depression
chemical messengers secreted by neurons into blood capillaries to
target neuron or cell Ans: neurohormone
neurotransmitters which make postsynaptic neuron to send action
potential to following neuron Ans: excitatory
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neurotransmitters which do not allow the postsynaptic neuron to send
action potential Ans: inhibitory
neurotransmitter which has a role in learning, memory and cognition by
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promoting long term potentiation Ans: glutamate
neurotransmitter which assists in the consolidation of implicit emotional
long-term memories Ans: adrenaline
time required to ensure an experience becomes long-lasting when
transferred to long-term memory storage Ans: consolidation
process of learning associations between stimulus in an environment and
a behavioural response Ans: conditioning
repeated association of two or more different stimuli Ans: classical
conditioning
process during which an organism learns to associate two events Ans:
acquisition