Ch 13: The Biology Of Learning And Memory

Front 1

In operant conditioning, an individual's response leads to a reinforcer or punishment.

Back 1

True

Front 2

Lashley was able to determine that the frontal lobe cortex is more important for memories than the parietal lobe cortex.

Back 2

False

Front 3

H.M. was unable to form any kind of new memories after his surgery.

Back 3

False

Front 4

Procedural memory deals with the ability to state a memory in words.

Back 4

False

Front 5

A distinctive symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome is confabulation, in which patients guess to fill in memory gaps.

Back 5

True

Front 6

After LTP is established, NMDA receptors are not required to maintain it.

Back 6

True

Front 7

Drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease affect activity of the cortex by enhancing the effects of acetylcholine.

Back 7

True

Front 8

In operant conditioning, punishment is:

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an event that decreases the future probability of a response.

Front 9

Karl Lashley called the physical basis of learning a(n):

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engram.

Front 10

In studies that paired a tone with an air puff to the cornea of rabbits, learning was found to depend on one nucleus of the:

Back 10

cerebellum.

Front 11

Research indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for:

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the performance of a conditioned response.

Front 12

The general function of working memory is to:

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attend to and operate on current information.

Front 13

Which of the following drug types is most promising for treating people with failing memory?

Back 13

b. stimulants

c. tranquilizers

d. depressants

Front 14

A peculiarity of the memory of the neurological patient H.M. was that he was able to:

Back 14

retain new skills but not remember having learned them.

Front 15

Hippocampal damage has the greatest effect on:

Back 15

the delayed match–to–sample task when the two objects are continuously changed.

Front 16

Who is most likely to develop Korsakoff's syndrome?

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chronic alcoholics

Front 17

A study of patients with amnesia reveals that people:

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do not lose all aspects of memory equally.

Front 18

If a stimulus is presented repeatedly, followed by no other stimulus, the animal will gradually stop responding. This is known as:

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habituation.

Front 19

Strong stimulation anywhere on the skin of an Aplysia excites axons that attach to receptors and:

Back 19

close potassium channels in the membrane.

Front 20

If there is a burst of intense stimulation to a dendrite by one or more axons connected to it in a rapid series, it is known as:

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long–term potentiation of the cell's response to stimuli.

Front 21

Long–term potentiation produces a long–term enhancement of glutamate responses at the:

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AMPA synapses.

Front 22

What is known to be critical for long–term potentiation?

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AMPA synapses.

Front 23

Drugs that block NMDA synapses:

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prevent the establishment of LTP