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Learning & Memory

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Habituation   Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. Allows the children to learn - focus on new stimuli  
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Example of Habituation   Baby is shown the same photo 5 times. Each time, her attention is grabbed less and less.  
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Classical Conditioning   Repeated pairings of stimuli and their responses.  
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Example of classical conditioning   Little Albert. Child is shown a white rabbit (US) which is paired with a loud sound (NS). Child learns to fear the rabbit.  
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Operant conditioning   Learning behavior through ourselves and consequences. (as early as 2 months old)  
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Example of operant conditioning   Childs foot is attached to crib mobile. As he moves his foot, the mobile moves and he learns that motion.  
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Statistical learning   Infants are sensitive to statistically predictive patterns.  
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Example of statistical learning   Infants understand the probability of one object showing up after another ( 2 months)  
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Observational Learning   Mimic behavior without reward  
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Types of imitation - direct   Immediate  
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Types of imitation - differed   Not immediate  
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Ferberization   Train baby to not expect parent every time it cries  
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Garcia Effect   A rat would associate a taste, but not a light or sound, with illness. In contrast, pain could be associated only with a visual or auditory cue, not a taste. Food aversions  
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Infantile Amnesia   no memory from before 3 years old  
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Explanation of Infantile Amnesia 1   Repressing traumatic events such as breast-feeding or diapers  
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Explanation of Infantile Amnesia 2   Mylenization of neural tissue leads to poor information processing.  
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