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Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Psychology Mind Map on Learning, created by Anita McDonald on 14/07/2016.
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Learning
plasticity - alter structure and function (experience)
Developmental -maturation and growth
Synaptogenesis -pruning
5 stages, proliferation(multiply), migration,(move) circuit formation(grow), circuit pruning,(eliminated) myelination (sheath)
Adaptive -learn & experience, structure-brain damage
Rerouting-new connect
Sprouting-bushy to make new
relatively permanent...experience
Areas of Brain associated with learning
Hippocampus-declarative
Amygdala-emotional
Ventral Tegmental Area-learn through operant conditioning
maturation and development -
Sensitive periods - nerves and synapses easily formed
Critical periods- animals (genetically programmed)
Reflexactions-automatic
Fixed action patterns-inborn
Species specific
Maturation-puberty
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