The Ultimate Learning And Memory Trivia!
Play this learning quiz and check how strong is your memory!
- 1.
Patient H.M.
- A.
Is unable to learn new information
- B.
Is unable to count numbers from 1 to 10
- C.
Is unable to speak coherent sentences
- D.
Suffers from a motor tic of the eye
- E.
Underwent surgery in 1998 to treat aphasia
Correct Answer
A. Is unable to learn new information -
- 2.
You are listening to a song on the radio while doing your homework, the phone rings, and your mother has called to tell you that your favorite uncle has died after being hit by a car. Three months later, you again hear the same song and suddenly feel very sad. In this example, the unconditional response is
- A.
Your feelings about your uncle before he died
- B.
Listening to the song
- C.
Your feeling about the song prior to the phone call
- D.
The voice of your mother
- E.
Feeling sad
Correct Answer
E. Feeling sad -
- 3.
The ______ states that a weak synapse will be strengthened if its activation occurs at the same time that the postsynaptic neuron fires.
- A.
All-or-nothing principle
- B.
Law of effect
- C.
Perforant path hypothesis
- D.
Hebb rule
- E.
Law of summation
Correct Answer
D. Hebb rule -
- 4.
Your best friend Mark is bitten as he tries to pet your Doberman pet dog. Eventually, Mark stops petting your dog. This is an example of:
- A.
Positive reinforcement
- B.
Classical conditioning
- C.
Relational learning
- D.
Instrumental conditioning
- E.
Perceptual learning
Correct Answer
D. Instrumental conditioning -
- 5.
The ability to recall a series of events is referred to as
- A.
Observational learning
- B.
Spatial learning
- C.
Perceptual learning
- D.
Episodic learning
- E.
Serial memory
Correct Answer
A. Observational learning -
- 6.
Which of the following is true of LTP (long-term potentiation)
- A.
LTP is the cellular basis for episodic memory
- B.
LTP occurs independently of synaptic activity
- C.
LTP reflects a persistent temporal summation of postsynaptic potentials
- D.
LTP can be produced in isolated hippocampal slices
- E.
LTP typically lasts up to one hour
Correct Answer
D. LTP can be produced in isolated hippocampal slices -
- 7.
The NMDA receptor is unusual in that it is ____ -dependent and _______ - dependent
- A.
Ligand; ion
- B.
Neurotransmitter; hormone
- C.
Neurotransmitter; voltage
- D.
Na+; Mg2+
- E.
Ca2+; Cl-
Correct Answer
C. Neurotransmitter; voltage -
- 8.
Inactivation of type II calcium calmodulin kinase would be expected to
- A.
Promote the creation of new NMDA receptors
- B.
Promost the formation of new memories
- C.
Block the entry of calcium into the postsynaptic cell
- D.
Block the formation of long-term potentiation
- E.
Facilitate the production of long-term potentiation
Correct Answer(s)
D. Block the formation of long-term potentiation
E. Facilitate the production of long-term potentiation -
- 9.
People with anterograde amnesia
- A.
Show impairment of perceptual memory
- B.
Show impairments in motor memory
- C.
Show impairment of complex relational learning
- D.
Are unable to recall childhood experiences
- E.
Show facilitated stimulus-response learning
Correct Answer
C. Show impairment of complex relational learning -
- 10.
The most profound symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome is
- A.
Anterograde amnesia
- B.
Total amnesia
- C.
Combative behavior
- D.
Delirium tremens
- E.
Auditory and visual hallucinations
Correct Answer
A. Anterograde amnesia -
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