The Ultimate Learning And Memory Trivia!
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Patient H.M.
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Is unable to learn new information
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Is unable to count numbers from 1 to 10
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Is unable to speak coherent sentences
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Suffers from a motor tic of the eye
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Underwent surgery in 1998 to treat aphasia
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The ______ states that a weak synapse will be strengthened if its activation occurs at the same time that the postsynaptic neuron fires.
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All-or-nothing principle
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Law of effect
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Perforant path hypothesis
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Hebb rule
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Law of summation
Correct Answer
A. Hebb rule -
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The most profound symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome is
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Anterograde amnesia
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Total amnesia
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Combative behavior
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Delirium tremens
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Auditory and visual hallucinations
Correct Answer
A. Anterograde amnesia -
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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
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Your feelings about your uncle before he died
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Listening to the song
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Your feeling about the song prior to the phone call
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The voice of your mother
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Feeling sad
Correct Answer
A. Feeling sad -
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The NMDA receptor is unusual in that it is ____ -dependent and _______ - dependent
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Ligand; ion
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Neurotransmitter; hormone
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Neurotransmitter; voltage
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Na+; Mg2+
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Ca2+; Cl-
Correct Answer
A. Neurotransmitter; voltage -
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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:
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Positive reinforcement
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Classical conditioning
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Relational learning
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Instrumental conditioning
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Perceptual learning
Correct Answer
A. Instrumental conditioning -
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People with anterograde amnesia
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Show impairment of perceptual memory
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Show impairments in motor memory
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Show impairment of complex relational learning
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Are unable to recall childhood experiences
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Show facilitated stimulus-response learning
Correct Answer
A. Show impairment of complex relational learning -
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Which of the following is true of LTP (long-term potentiation)
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LTP is the cellular basis for episodic memory
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LTP occurs independently of synaptic activity
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LTP reflects a persistent temporal summation of postsynaptic potentials
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LTP can be produced in isolated hippocampal slices
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LTP typically lasts up to one hour
Correct Answer
A. LTP can be produced in isolated hippocampal slices -
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The ability to recall a series of events is referred to as
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Observational learning
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Spatial learning
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Perceptual learning
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Episodic learning
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Serial memory
Correct Answer
A. Observational learning -
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Inactivation of type II calcium calmodulin kinase would be expected to
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Promote the creation of new NMDA receptors
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Promost the formation of new memories
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Block the entry of calcium into the postsynaptic cell
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Block the formation of long-term potentiation
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Facilitate the production of long-term potentiation
Correct Answer(s)
A. Block the formation of long-term potentiation
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