1. 4. Learning and Memory Paul Golding

2.  Two types of behaviour: Innate and Learned  Innate is instinctive and automatically triggered  Learned is when experiences are retained and used to modify behaviour on future occasions  Two types of learned – Habituation and Conditioning Behaviour

3.  The repeated application of a stimulus that results in decreased responsiveness  Process can be seen in simple experiments with snails Habituation

4.  Two types – Classical and Operant  Classical is best seen in the work of Ivan Pavlov  Operant is the establishment of an association between a response and reward Conditioning

5.  The ability to express or perform a previously learned skill or piece of information  Short term memory  Long term memory  Memory loss Memory

6.  Sea slug experiment  Chemical process of habituation  Shows how harmless and dangerous contact is differentiated Cellular Basis of Learning