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April 5, 2023 by ktangen

100 Learning Terms

Key Terms

Things To Know About Learning

  • algorithms
  • amnesia (retrograde, anterograde, source)
  • anchor
  • antecedent
  • backward chaining
  • backward conditioning
  • blocked practice
  • bottom-up processing
  • chains of movements
  • cognitive maps
  • cognitive schema
  • conditioned response
  • conditioned stimulus
  • conflict types (approach-approach, etc.)
  • consequence
  • consolidation
  • context analysis
  • contexts
  • decay theory
  • decision fatigue
  • declarative memory
  • deliberate practice
  • discrimination
  • distinctiveness
  • distributed practice
  • drive reduction
  • drive, cue, response, consequence
  • elaboration mnemonics
  • emotional distinctiveness
  • encoding specificity principle
  • expanded rehearsal strategy
  • extinction
  • fading
  • fatigue method (flooding)
  • fiction
  • forward chaining
  • forward conditioning
  • frustration
  • frustration-aggression hypothesis
  • functional analysis
  • generalization
  • habit
  • heuristics
  • hill climbing
  • imitation
  • incompatible response method
  • intent
  • interference theory
  • interleafed practice
  • latent inhibition
  • local high
  • loss aversion
  • massed practice
  • means-end analysis
  • memory (availability & accessibility)
  • memory systems: declarative (semantic, episodic), implicit & working)
  • working memory (phonological loop, episodic buffer, visuo-spatial sketchpad)
  • method of loci
  • mirroring
  • mnemonics (naïve & technical)
  • modeling
  • motor skills
  • movement (continuous, discrete, mixed)
  • movements
  • negative punishment
  • negative recognition
  • negative reinforcement
  • operant
  • optimism
  • overlearning
  • perseverance
  • phonological loop
  • Pollyanna effect
  • positive reinforcement
  • primary distinctiveness
  • proactive interference
  • proprioceptive stimuli
  • reduction mnemonics
  • reinstatement
  • retrieval errors
  • retroactive interference
  • root-cause analysis
  • satisfaction
  • schedules of reinforcement (FI, FR, VI, VR, continuous)
  • schema
  • secondary distinctiveness
  • sidetracking method
  • simultaneous conditioning
  • sketch cognitive maps
  • sparse encoding
  • target behaviors
  • thinning
  • threshold method
  • top-down processing
  • unconditioned response
  • unconditioned stimulus
  • unresolved conflict
  • vector-based cognitive map
  • visualization
  • von Restorff effect

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