Definition
- Learning is acquirement of information or knowledge by experience that alters behaviour; memory is retention of learned information for later retrieval.
- Memory has four stages: registration, retention, recall, and reutilization.
Classification of Learning and Memory
Types of memory
Category
Explicit (declarative)
- Subtypes
- Semantic memory (facts), episodic memory (events); each has short-term and long-term forms
Implicit (nondeclarative)
- Subtypes
- Priming; procedural memory (skills, habits); associative learning (classical and operant conditioning); nonassociative learning (habituation, sensitization)