Psychotherapy: 94b - Learning and Memory
This flashcard set covers key principles of operant conditioning and memory systems. It explains that fixed schedules (especially fixed ratio) lead to the fastest learning, while variable schedules produce more consistent and extinction-resistant behavior. It also distinguishes between explicit (declarative) memory—which relies on the hippocampus and limbic system—and highlights that damage to these areas impairs the ability to form new factual or episodic memories.
Which schedule of partial reinforcement results in the fastest conditioning?
Which results in more reliable response rates?
Fastest conditioning = fixed schedules
Fixed ratio
Fixed interval
Most reliable response rates = variable schedules
Also more resistant to extinction
Variable ratio
Variable interval
Key Terms
Which schedule of partial reinforcement results in the fastest conditioning?
Which results in more reliable response rates?
Fastest conditioning = fixed schedules
Which type of memory (explicit vs. implicit) is dependent on the hippocampus and limbic system?
What are the implications?
Explicit memory (declarative)
Ex: Facts, events, episodes, information
Short term (aka working) memory depends on which parts of the brain?
Frontal and parietal lobes
Short term memory is important in executive functioning
Which type of memory is dependent on the frontal and parietal lobes?
Short-term (aka working) memory
Tau depositis in cell bodies and amyloid deposits in synapses characterize which neurodegenerative disease?
Alzheimer’s disease
Damage is often in the limbic system, resulting in impaired memory<...
Which type of memory is retained through the basal ganglia and the cerebellum?
What are the implications?
Implicit memory (non-declarative)
Ex: skills, habits, motor skills, addiction
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| Term | Definition |
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Which schedule of partial reinforcement results in the fastest conditioning? Which results in more reliable response rates? |
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Which type of memory (explicit vs. implicit) is dependent on the hippocampus and limbic system? What are the implications? | Explicit memory (declarative) Ex: Facts, events, episodes, information Damage to the limbic system = cannot form new memories of facts, events, episodes, or information |
Short term (aka working) memory depends on which parts of the brain? | Frontal and parietal lobes Short term memory is important in executive functioning |
Which type of memory is dependent on the frontal and parietal lobes? | Short-term (aka working) memory |
Tau depositis in cell bodies and amyloid deposits in synapses characterize which neurodegenerative disease? | Alzheimer’s disease Damage is often in the limbic system, resulting in impaired memory |
Which type of memory is retained through the basal ganglia and the cerebellum? What are the implications? | Implicit memory (non-declarative) Ex: skills, habits, motor skills, addiction Somebody with a damaged hippocampus and/or limbic system will still remember how to do things and can learn new skills |
Which networks of the brain are involved in:
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Describe the process of memory consolidation Which parts of the brain are important? | Lets say you’re looking at a banana
This is why patients with hippocampal damage have anterograde amnesia; they cannot consolidate and store new memories, but the old memories are already stored in non-damaged areas |