Name the type of learning or memory described. Your choices
are:
Sensitization, Habituation, Classical Conditioning, Instrumental/Operant
Conditioning,
Short-term memory, Long-term memory
- Grandma Louise can vividly recall her wedding day 40
years ago--including the day, time, details about who was there and what the
whether was like.
- Tom was driving to work in the winter and nearly skidded
through an intersection, nearly colliding with another car. Tom then drove
10 mph the rest of the way to work, applying the brakes often and looking
around vigilantly.
- Cindy used the phone book to look up the phone number to
her favorite pizza place. She then repeated the number to herself until she
found the cordless phone and dialed the number. After Cindy placed her order
and hung up about a minute later, she had no idea what number she had
dialed.
- Anne just moved into a new apartment. Every time the
icemaker releases ice into the bucket in the fridge the loud noise causes
her to jump. The next week, Anne has a guest visiting and the guest comments
about how loud and startling the icemaker is. Anne says, "Oh, I don't
even hear it anymore."
- Every time Rick notices his 3-year-old brother has used
the potty, Rick kneels down and says, "Way to go, big guy! I'm proud of
you."
- A researcher plays a tone and then directs a puff of air
into a rabbit's eye, causing the rabbit to blink. The researcher repeats the
tone-air puff procedure 100 times. Then the researcher only plays the tone
and the rabbit blinks.