Psychology : Learning and Memory : Introduction
Consider this:
You are driving to school, listening to your favorite tunes and all of a sudden you hear a song that you have not heard since the homecoming dance last fall. The next thing that you know, you are experiencing a flood of memories and feelings from that dance. Why? You learned to associate the song with your experiences and now you are remembering them. The stimulus is the song and the memories are the response. Many times we think that learning is only a school thing but the reality is that we are learning all of the time.
Objectives
Upon completing this unit, students will:
- understand how learning takes place
- distinguish between the different theories of learning
- see modern day applications of learning
- understand the basic memory model
- apply the memory helps
- understand memory errors and how to avoid them
- understand the parts of the brain associated with memory
Now read each section carefully and complete the required assignments in the Assignment Folder.
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