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Long-term habituation can _______ the number of synapses
a). decrease b). increase c). aggravate d). harass e). all the above |
a). decrease
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Long-term sensitization can _______ the number of synapses
a). decrease b). increase c). aggravate d). harass e). all the above |
b). increase
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Who is associated with the saying “Cells that fire together, wire together”?
a). Donald Trump b). Gordan Alpert c). Harry Potter d). Larry David e). Donald Hebb |
e). Donald Hebb
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Source amnesia is
a). the inability to remember how information was obtained b). the inability to remember where things are placed c). the inability to remember answers on a test d). the inability to remember how to spell certain words e). none of the above |
a). the inability to remember how information was obtained
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Left hippocampus is particularly important for explicit memories of faces, objects and __________.
a). spatial orientation b). content c). words d). movement e). none of the above |
c). words
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________ is the encoding, consolidation, storage and retrieval of acquired knowledge.
a) Learning b) Thinking c) Memory d) Intuition e) Déjà vu |
c) Memory
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Which form of long-term memory involves factual knowledge of people, places, and things?
a) implicit b) explicit c) nondeclarative d) both a and c e) none of the above |
b) explicit
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Episodic and semantic memories require which of the following?
a) encoding b) consolidation c) storage d) retrieval e) all of the above |
e) all of the above
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______ is an enhanced response following a noxious stimulus; whereas, ______ means a decreased response following presentation of a multiple stimulus.
a) Sensitization, habituation b) Habituation, sensitization c) Desensitization, tolerance d) Tolerance, desensitization e) Apoptosis, addiction |
a) Sensitization, habituation
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Donald Hebb’s statement about the activity and changes in neurons within close proximity can best be described by which of the following statements?
a) “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” b) “Cells that fire together, wire together” c) “An auto-association pattern is an engram” d) “Long-term conditioning equals protein synthesis” e) “Cells that conspire together, fire together” |
b) “Cells that fire together, wire together”
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# Patients with bilateral medial temporal lobe lesions are capable of which of the following:
1. Reflective learning 2. Conscious cognitive processes 3. Implicit memory 4. New episodic memories 5. All of the above. |
3. Implicit memory
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# Knowledge stored as explicit memories are first acquired through processing in which of the following polymodal association cortices?
1. Prefrontal 2. Limbic 3. Parietal-occipital-temporal 4. Hippocampus 5. a, b, and c |
5. a, b, and c
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# Where does the first pathologic change in Alzheimer disease occur?
1. The entorhinal cortex 2. Parahippocampal cortex 3. Amygdala 4. Perirhinal cortex 5. Implicit memory |
1. The entorhinal cortex
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# Long term memory is:
1. The same as habituation 2. Structural changes in the number of effective synapses 3. Trial and error learning 4. A repeated conditioned stimulus 5. The combination of implicit and explicit memory |
2. Structural changes in the number of effective synapses
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# Long term habituation can _______ the number of synapses. Long term sensitization can _______ the number of synapses.
1. Maintain, decrease 2. Increase, decrease 3. Increase, maintain 4. Decrease, increase 5. Maintain, increase |
4. Decrease, increase
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This patient became famous for severe anterograde amnesia which resulted from an experimental surgery in which his hippocampus was removed to treat his epilepsy.
a. A.A. b. J.L. c. H.M. d. B.F. e. B.F.F. |
c. H.M.
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____________ memory refers to one’s ability to recall facts and/or past events about people, places and things.
a. Procedural b. Non-declarative c. Declarative d. Narrative e. Echoic |
c. Declarative
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If I were to recall a specific conversation we had before class one day, I would be relying on this type of memory.
a. Procedural b. Non-declarative c. Narrative d. Episodic e. Semantic |
d. Episodic
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If I were to recall the first four presidents of the United States, I would be relying on this type of memory.
a. Procedural b. Non-declarative c. Narrative d. Episodic e. Semantic |
e. Semantic
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In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus (which causes an unconditioned response) is paired with a ___________ stimulus, eventually resulting in a ___________ response.
a. Unconditioned; unconditioned b. Conditioned; conditioned c. Aversive; fun d. Painful; pleasureful e. None of the above. |
b. Conditioned; conditioned
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