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Exam 1
Brain Substrates of Learning & Key Theories and Experiments
Term | Definition |
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Amygdala | Critical for emotional learning, particularly fear conditioning. It modulates the emotional intensity of memories |
Basal Ganglia | Central to procedural learning and habit formation. It is involved in reinforcing behaviors that lead to rewards (e.g., in operant conditioning) |
Prefrontal Cortex | Important for decision-making, planning, and moderating behavior based on rewards and punishments. |
Cerebellum | Plays a crucial role in motor learning and classical conditioning of reflexive responses |
Pavlov's Dogs | Classical conditioning experiment where dogs learned to associate the sound of a bell (CS) with food (UCS) and salivate (CR) in response to the bell alone. |
Skinner Box | B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning chamber where animals learned to press levers for food reinforcement or to avoid punishment. |
Little Albert | case study in classical conditioning where a child was conditioned to fear white rats by pairing them with loud, frightening noises. |