Learning and Memory Quiz

Question 1 of 65

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refers to the process by which experiences change our nervous system and hence our behaviour. We refer to these changes as .

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Question 2 of 65

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are not stored, they change the way we perceive, perform, think and plan.

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Question 3 of 65

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_____________ are not stored, they change the way we perceive, perform, think and plan.

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Experiences
Memories
Perceptions
Sensory data

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Question 4 of 65

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are changes in our nervous system and hence our behaviour.

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Question 5 of 65

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physically change the structure of the nervous system, altering neural circuits that participate in perceiving, performing, thinking and planning.

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Question 6 of 65

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What type of learning is the ability to recognise stimuli that have been perceived before?

Select one of the following:

Perceptual learning
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Relational learning

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Question 7 of 65

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What type of learning is the establishment of changes in the motor system?

Select one of the following:

Perceptual learning
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Relational learning

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Question 8 of 65

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What type of learning is the ability to learn to perform a particular behaviour when a particular stimulus is present?

Select one of the following:

Perceptual learning
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Relational learning
Stimulus-motor learning

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Question 9 of 65

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What type of learning the relationships between stimuli?

Select one of the following:

Relational learning
Motor learning
Stimulus-response learning
Perceptual learning

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Question 10 of 65

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Classical conditioning is a form of what type of learning?

Select one of the following:

Perceptual
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Relational learning

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Question 11 of 65

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Operant conditioning is a form of what type of learning?

Select one of the following:

Perceptual learning
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Relational learning

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Question 12 of 65

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Classical conditioning is also known as instrumental condititioning

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 13 of 65

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The primary function of is to identify and categorise objects and situations.

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Question 14 of 65

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is about learned behaviours how the effects of a particular behaviour increase or decrease the probability of the behaviour.

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Question 15 of 65

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is a form of learning in which an unimportant stimulus acquires the properties of an important one.

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Question 16 of 65

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A is an appetitive stimulus that follows a particular behaviour and thus makes the behaviour more frequent.

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Question 17 of 65

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A is an aversive stimulus that follows a particular behaviour and thus makes the behaviour become less frequent.

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Question 18 of 65

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: Cellular basis of learning involves the strengthening of the synapse that is repeatedly acting when the postsynaptic neuron fires.

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Question 19 of 65

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is an association between two stimuli, when a stimulus that initially produces no response is followed several times by an unconditional stimulus that produces a defensive or appetitive response the first stimulus itself now evokes the response.

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Question 20 of 65

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Perceptual learning is accomplished by changes in the .

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Question 21 of 65

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Each of our sensory systems is capable of perceptual learning.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 22 of 65

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Motor learning is a component of stimulus-learning

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 23 of 65

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Motor learning can take place without any sensory guidance?

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 24 of 65

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With motor learning, the more familiar a behaviour, the more neural circuits in the motor systems of the brain must be modified.

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True
False

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Question 25 of 65

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❌ is the establishment of changes within the motor system.

❌ learning is the establishment of connections between the sensory systems and motor systems.

❌ is the establishment of changes in the sensory systems of the brain.

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Motor learning

Stimulus-response

Perceptual learning

Relational learning

Classical conditioning

Instrumental conditioning

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Question 26 of 65

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What type of learning is about the relationships among stimuli?

Select one of the following:

Relational learning
Motor learning
Perceptual learning
Stimulus-response learning

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Question 27 of 65

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is about the relationships among stimuli.

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Question 28 of 65

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Is Episodic learning an example of stimulus-response learning?

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 29 of 65

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Episodic learning is an example of which type of learning?

Select one of the following:

Relational learning
Stimulus-response learning
Motor learning
Perceptual learning

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Question 30 of 65

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The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...

Select one of the following:

Long-term potentiation (LTP)
Population EPSP
Associative long-term potentiation
Long-term depression

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Question 31 of 65

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A forebrain structure of the temporal lobe, constituting an important part of the limbic system is the ...

Select one of the following:

Hippocampus
Hippocampal formation
Amygdala
Basal ganglia

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Question 32 of 65

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A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.

Select one of the following:

Long-term potentiation
Associate long-term potentiation
Population EPSP
Long-term depression

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Question 33 of 65

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A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

Select one of the following:

Long-term potentiation (LTP)
Associative long-term potentiation
Long-term depression
Population EPSP

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Question 34 of 65

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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is

Select one of the following:

The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

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Question 35 of 65

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Associative long-term potentiation is...

Select one of the following:

The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

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Question 36 of 65

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Long-term depression is

Select one of the following:

The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

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Question 37 of 65

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Perceptual learning involves learning to recognise things and what to do when they are present.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 38 of 65

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People with damage to the may have excellent vision but be unable to recognise familiar things.

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Question 39 of 65

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People with damage to the amygdala may have excellent vision but be unable to recognise familiar, everyday objects.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 40 of 65

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This part of the brain is part of an important system involved in a particular form of stimulus-response learning, clasically conditioned emotional responses.

Select one of the following:

Amygdala
Inferior temporal cortex
Basal ganglia
Hippocampal formation

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Question 41 of 65

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This part of the brain is important for instrumental conditioning

Select one of the following:

Basal ganglia
Amygdala
Hippocampal formation
Inferior temporal cortex

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Question 42 of 65

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The role of the
As learned behaviours become automatic and routine, they are transferred to this area. This area receives information about the stimuli and the responses we are making. This area is a passive observer, but as behavoiurs are repeated, it begins to learns what to do and take over most of the details of the process.

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Question 43 of 65

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amnesia is difficulty in learning new information after brain damage.

amnesia is difficulty in recalling information from before brain damage.

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Question 44 of 65

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Damage to the or areas that input into or receive output from it, causes anterograde amnesia.

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Question 45 of 65

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Anterograde amnesia is

Select one of the following:

Difficulty in learing new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

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Question 46 of 65

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Retrograde amnesia is

Select one of the following:

Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

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Question 47 of 65

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Korsakoff's syndrome is

Select one of the following:

Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

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Question 48 of 65

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Confabulation is...

Select one of the following:

Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

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Question 49 of 65

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Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.

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Question 50 of 65

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Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.

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Question 51 of 65

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A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.

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Question 52 of 65

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When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

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Question 53 of 65

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Consolidation is

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 54 of 65

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Declarative memory is

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 55 of 65

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Non-declarative memory is...

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 56 of 65

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Episodic memory

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 57 of 65

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Semantic memory

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 58 of 65

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Reconsolidation

Select one of the following:

The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
A memory of facts and general information.
Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.A memory of facts and general information.

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Question 59 of 65

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is The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.

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Question 60 of 65

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is Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.

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Question 61 of 65

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is Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.

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Question 62 of 65

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is Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.

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Question 63 of 65

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is A memory of facts and general information.

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Question 64 of 65

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is Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

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Question 65 of 65

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