Exam 14: Memory, Learning, and Development

When information is retrieved from _______ memory, memories become temporarily unstable and are susceptible to alteration before they are _______ and are once again stable-sometimes leading to false memories.

In _______ conditioning, an animal learns that a particular response to a specific stimulus is appropriate in a particular setting.

You have a distinct memory (memory trace) of falling off a slide when you were a child. You find this memory is getting more distant, and less vivid in your mind. What is most likely responsible for this change?

Which statement about long-term potentiation (LTP) is false?

The delayed non-matching-to sample test assesses _______ memory in _______.

Your friend asks you describe the house you grew up in and what the rooms looked like. Your recollection of your childhood house involves _______ memory.

The most striking impairment suffered by Henry Molaison (patient H.M.) was

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus, when repeatedly paired with an another (important) stimulus, becomes the

Which type of nondeclarative memory is not affected by damage to the basal ganglia?

The brain area particularly implicated in eye-blink conditioning is the _______.

Define and describe declarative memory.

Which brain area(s) is/are implicated in encoding new declarative memories, as demonstrated by the case of patient N.A.?

Declarative episodic memory is also called

Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched conditions have heavier, thicker cortices. This is evidence for the

What did Patient H.M.'s case, plus data from experiments with monkeys, prove about brain regions needed to make new declarative memories?

Which behavior would allow you to strengthen a memory (for example, while studying for exam)?

Which brain region would you predict to be larger in animals that cache food and search for mates? Support your answer with research evidence.

People with damage to the _______ have trouble with tasks involving skill learning, such as the Tower of Hanoi problem.

Knowing the meaning of word, without knowing where or when you learned it, describes _______ memory.

People with Korsakoff's syndrome often show damage in parts of limbic system, especially the