Exam 11: Comparative Cognition I

Which of these relationships is not assumed to reflect animal cognition?

In order for a rat to transfer learning from one set of stimuli in a matching to sample task to another set of stimuli, the rat must learn

Animals have been found to use different coding strategies depending on the task demands. For example, at the beginning of a long series of behaviors, an animal would likely use _____, whereas near the end of the series it would likely use _____.

Sign tracking is an example of

When he first begins shopping, Peter is able to remember what he has in his cart without referring to his list. He is using

Which of the following is true of the "internal representations" discussed in the study of animal cognition?

Reminder treatments can increase responding that is low due to

Describe the memory consolidation and retrieval failure explanations of retrograde amnesia and what evidence can be used to support one or the other hypothesis.

Which factor has been shown to influence performance in a delayed-matching-to-sample task?

Sally has given you directions to her office. She has told you to turn right at the convenience store, left at the stop sign, and right again at the cow shaped mailbox. She is counting on your ability to navigate with

Compare and contrast working and reference memory.

When rats and humans were both required to perform in a radial arm-type spatial memory task, researchers determined that

Radial arm mazes are used primarily to test

Describe the delayed matching to sample task. What are three procedural aspects critical to determining the accuracy of performance in this task?