Assignment: Memory Worksheet

Assignment: Memory Worksheet
Assignment: Memory Worksheet
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Learning and Memory Worksheet
BEH/225 Version 5
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Learning and Memory Worksheet
1. Write a 450- to 700-word essay to describe the relationship between classical and operant conditioning. Explain their elements and how they differ from one another. Additionally, provide an example for how learning can occur through each mode of conditioning. Explain how Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner contributed to the study of learning and conditioning.
2. Match the correct type of memory with its respective function.
Type of memory Function
A. Sensory memory ______ Memory for responses and actions
B. Short-term memory ______ Memory for storing basic worldly knowledge
C. Long-term memory ______ Memory for incoming information from the senses
D. Procedural memory ______ Autobiographical memory of personal experiences
E. Declarative memory ______ Memory system that holds information for a short amount of time
F. Semantic memory ______ Memory system for permanent storage
G. Episodic memory ______ Memory that holds general factual information
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What is primary memory? What are the characteristics of primary memory?
Primary memory is working memory, which is processes work from images within the memory. Primary memory is the decision-making and awareness part of short-term memory concerned with the temporary incorporation, processing, removal, and recovery of information. Primary memory retrieves information from short-term memory, the environment to possibly be kept later in secondary memory.
The characteristics of primary memory tasks involve the active handling or monitoring of behaviors or information. Additionally, primary memory is essentially different from secondary memory. The characteristics include forgetting (how this occurs), memory representation, storage of information (how much), processing of acoustic information (phonological loop), processing of visual information and how decisions are made. Primary memory theories exist both regarding the theoretical structure of working memory and the role of specific parts of the brain involved in working memory. Furthermore, research identifies that the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, and parts of the basal ganglia are crucial for working memory function. Working memory is generally considered to have limited capacity.