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Learning and Memory
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1Which one of these basic definitions of learning, is NOT correct?
- AIt is a behavioral experience associated with change
- BKnowledge acquired through study, experience or taught
- CIt is where change allows some form of adaptation
- DThe encoding of the learning experience
2What are the 2 types of learning?
- ADisassociative learning and Associative learning
- BAssociative learning and non-associative learning
- CNone of the above
3The task of a biological psychologist is to understand what in relation to learning and memory?
(choose 3)- AThe psychology of this phenomena
- BThe cardiology system
- CBrain regions involved
- DHow it can be used for the destruction of the world
- EThe cellular basis in terms of neurons and the connections between them
4Which of these psychologists devised the theory on classical conditioning in 1927?
- AFreud
- BSkinner
- CPavlov
- DWatson
5Which psychologist developed the theory of Operant conditioning in 1938?
- APavlov
- BWatson
- CSkinner
- DFreud
6Which one of these answers is NOT a function of associative and non-associative learning?
- AOffers an adaptive advantage
- BAllows organisms to respond to the environment
- CDevelop efficient responses to positive stimuli
- DDevelop efficient avoidance of negative stimuli
- EAllows people to develop their offspring into whoever they want
7According to Pavlov, classical conditioning resulted in a strengthened connection between which two areas of the brain?
- AThe CS (conditioned stimulus)
- BThe Amygdala
- CThe UCS (unconditioned stimulus)
- DNone of the above
8An Engram is (by hypothetical means) an area where memory traces are stored.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Frank Skinner made multiple deep cuts in the rats brain to try and find the engram.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Equipotentiality is when:
- Aall parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex behaviours
- Bwhen the cortex works as a whole
- Cwhen the cortex reaches its full potential
11Mass action is when:
- AThere is impaired learning
- BThe cortex works as a whole
- CAll parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex behaviours
12Modern searches for the Engram, Richard Thompson:
Classical conditioning responses in the rabbit.
Tone ([blank_start]CS[blank_end]) + Puff of air in the eye ([blank_start]UCS[blank_end]) --> Blink ([blank_start]UCR[blank_end])
Tone ([blank_start]CS[blank_end]) --> Blink ([blank_start]UCR[blank_end])- AConditioned stimulus
- BUnconditioned stimulus
- CUnconditioned response
- DUnconditioned stimulus
- EConditioned response
- FUnconditioned response
- GConditioned response
- HUnconditioned response
- IConditioned stimulus
- JConditioned response
- KConditioned stimulus
- LUnconditioned response
- MConditioned stimulus
- NConditioned response
- OUnconditioned response
- PConditioned response
- QUnconditioned stimulus
- RUnconditioned stimulus
- SUnconditioned stimulus
- TConditioned stimulus
13LIP stands for Lateral interpositus nucleus. Which is located in the cerebellum.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14During a study, researchers found that when the LIP (lateral interpositus nucleus) was suppressed during conditioning, the rabbits in the study learned quicker.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Lateral interpositus nucleus (LIP) is:
- AAn area for memory
- BAn area of learning
- CAn area of speech
- DAn area for auditory response
16Red Nucleus (midbrain structure which receives input from the cerebellum) is for:
- AAn area of learning
- BA visual response
- CPerformance of learned behaviour
17Hebb (1949) suggested that the processes for immediate recall and past event recall were...
- Adifferent
- Bthe same
- Cquick
- Dslow
18Baddeley and Hitch (1974) introduced a new concept involving working memory. They said that working memory uses:
(choose 3)- AStored information that is still in use
- BInformation which is still relevant
- CInformation which is irrelevant
- DInformation crucial for complex cognitive activities
19The pre-frontal cortex is involved with complex and executive cognitive functions
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Which of these change at a cellular level during learning? (choose 2)
- AConcentration levels
- BHabituation
- CSensitization
- DPhysical levels
21Hebb (1949) proposed that 'The Hebbian Synapse' is when...
- ASimultaneous activity in the pre-synaptic and post-synaptic DECREASE the effectiveness of each action potential
- BSimultaneous activity in the pre-synaptic and post-synaptic INCREASE the effectiveness of each action potential
- CNone of the above
22LTP is short for what in regards to the cellular level?
- ALong term potency
- BLong time potential
- CLoad the pony
- DLong term potentiation
23LTD stands for long term dendrites
- ATrue
- BFalse
24[blank_start]Anterograde[blank_end] Amnesia is the loss of memory for events that happened [blank_start]after[blank_end] the brain damage
[blank_start]Retrograde[blank_end] Amnesia is the loss of memory for events that happened a [blank_start]few years[blank_end] [blank_start]before[blank_end] brain damage- AAnterograde
- BRetrograde
- Cafter
- Dfew years
- Ebefore
25Intact procedural memory is when there is an impaired ability to state memory in words - conscious memory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
26Poor declarative memory is the impaired ability to state memory in words, conscious memory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
27Which specialisations is a main role for the hippocampus?
(choose 3)- ASpatial memories
- BProcessing auditory sounds
- CConfigural learning
- DDeclarative explicit memories
- EProcessing visual images
28Drag and drop the correct brain part to the function
- AAmygdala
- BCortex
- CHippocampus
29Which of these are main causes for Korsakoff's syndrome?
(Choose 3)- AThiamin (vitamin B1) deficiency
- BCalcium deficiency
- CDrinking alcohol for long periods of time without eating
- DHead injuries from falls
- EDepression
30Alzheimer's disease is caused by a protein called:
- AKeratin
- BOxytocin
- CAmyloid
- DCollagen
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