Exam 1: Introduction

Describe the movements of ions across the neural membrane that allows for a neuron to send a signal down its length.

What can behavioral studies of learning demonstrate?

Briefly describe the two intellectual traditions that were stimulated by Cartesian dualism. How is each tradition represented in contemporary investigations of learning phenomena?

What has contributed to the evidence for the generality of learning phenomena?

Which of the following are rationales for the use of animal models of human behavior?

Why is learning defined in terms of the mechanisms of behavior rather than by a behavior change itself?

Comparisons of the behavior of laboratory-raised rats and the behavior of non-domesticated strains suggest that

Sechenov extended Descartes' theory of reflexes by suggesting that

Why would one use an animal model of human behavior? What contributes to the validity of such studies? What precautions must be heeded while interpreting the data?

Administration of a drug that prevents the movement of Ca ++ ions across the neural membrane into the cell is likely to

Which of the following is not true of the general-process approach to learning?

All of the following are true of British empiricists except

Which of the following best characterizes Pavlov's extension of Descartes' theory of reflexes?

Why is the learning-performance distinction important to researchers of learning phenomena? Provide three types of behavioral change that are not considered to be learning. Describe how each fails to meet the definition of learning.

Describe how the definition of learning dictates what type of science the study of learning must be.

Describe what happens when an action potential arrives at a synapse.

Explain how the research of I. M. Sechenov and Ivan Pavlov extended Descartes' early conceptualization of the role reflexes have in human behavior.

Describe the definition of learning and how learning is distinguished from other forms of behavior change.

Compare the research of Ivan Pavlov and Hermann Ebbinghaus. What do the two lines of investigation have in common?

Which of the following most correctly states Descartes' position on human and animal behavior?