A flashbulb memory is a highly detailed, exceptionally vivid episodic memory of the circumstances surrounding a piece of surprising, consequential, or emotionally arousing news was heard
Such as the embarrassing moments my brain randomly reminds me of
The amygdala seems to facilitate encoding memories at a deeper level when the event is emotionally arousing
We tend to remember things that have impacted us
suggesting memories are retrieved by reactivating the sensors areas that were active while experiencing the original event
Hence why they say if you chew gum while studying and chew the same one when taking an exam, you are more likely to remember the content
That is, the food pellets serve as reinforcers because they strengthen the rat’s desire to engage with the environment in this particular manner.
The food pellets interests the mouse and we learned in the last reading that interest is a knowledge emotion
A conditioned stimulus (CS) is a signal that has no importance to the organism until it is paired with something that does have importance.
Like mentioned earlier in the text, we associate the stimulus with an emotional response which makes it important to us
Classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning is one of the fundamental ways we learn about the world around us.
If we like something, such as a specific food, it is natural for us to go back to it
Can you think of somethingyou have learned how to do after watching someone else?
I am a visual learner so I prefer to watch before trying it out myself so everything!
A lot of learning among humansand other animals comes from observational learning
Children tend to mirror their parents or family because they are learning by observing their environment.