Exam 12: Learning, Memory, and Decision Making

When the administration of a protein synthesis inhibitor during retrieval can disrupt the original memory this suggests that protein synthesis is important for ________.

What enzyme facilitates synaptic transmission and behavioral sensitization of gill retraction in Aplysia?

The paramedian lobule grows physically larger in rats that receive acrobatic training.

The sensitization of the gill reflex in Aplysia by classical conditioning depends on ________.

________ refers to a memory network being susceptible to modification when it is reactivated during retrieval.

Henry Molaison (H.M.) would be unable to ________.

The rapid encoding of single or categorized items would best be exemplified by ________.

Confabulation is the same as simple lying.

_______ is the probability that a specific outcome will follow a specific response.

In the delayed nonmatching-to-sample task the successful subject must ________.

In Pavlov's conditioning experiments the unconditioned response was typically _________.

Successful performance in the "place" version of the Morris water maze task is critically dependent on the _________.

Episodic memory consists of ________.

High stimulation parameters (high-frequency stimulation) are required for long-term potentiation (LTP) because it creates a situation where ________.

The slow encoding of rigid associations is critically dependent on the ________.

Which of the following brain structures is necessary for successful performance in the "place" version of the Morris water maze task?

________ is the term for the process in which the shape of the spine changes with neural activity.

Classical conditioning falls within the category of the slow encoding of rigid associations.

Thorndike's law of effect described ___________.

Eichenbaum has proposed a ________ memory system.