Question 1

Memory for general principles and skills required to perform a task is called __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  complex 
B)  reference 
C)  working 
D)  place 
E)  inclusive 
A)  complex 
B)  reference 
C)  working 
D)  place 
E)  inclusive B

Question 2

Mumby and his colleagues showed that large hippocampal lesions blocked the object-recognition deficits caused in rats by cerebral ischemia when the lesions were

Accepted Answer

A)  unilateral but not bilateral. 
B)  contralateral but not ipsilateral. 
C)  made 1 hour, but not 1 week, after the ischemia. 
D)  ipsilateral but not contralateral. 
E)  made 1 week, but not 1 hour, after ischemia. 
A)  unilateral but not bilateral. 
B)  contralateral but not ipsilateral. 
C)  made 1 hour, but not 1 week, after the ischemia. 
D)  ipsilateral but not contralateral. 
E)  made 1 week, but not 1 hour, after ischemia. C

Question 3

Korsakoff's syndrome is typically associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  amnesia. 
B)  chronic alcohol consumption. 
C)  diffuse damage to the medial diencephalon. 
D)  confusion and personality changes. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  amnesia. 
B)  chronic alcohol consumption. 
C)  diffuse damage to the medial diencephalon. 
D)  confusion and personality changes. 
E)  all of the above E

Question 4

The location in a test environment in which a subject must be for a place cell to become active is called its

Accepted Answer

A)  place field. 
B)  area of activity. 
C)  location field. 
D)  playing field. 
E)  area of sensitivity. 
A)  place field. 
B)  area of activity. 
C)  location field. 
D)  playing field. 
E)  area of sensitivity.

Question 5

Discuss Korsakoff's syndrome and the amnesia associated with it.What areas of the brain have been linked to Korsakoff's syndrome, and what is the evidence for these links?

Accepted Answer

30% for discussing Korsakoff's

Question 6

In searching for the neural bases of LTP, many researchers assume that separate mechanisms account for

Accepted Answer

A)  maintenance and extinction. 
B)  maintenance, reinforcement, and forgetting. 
C)  expression and induction. 
D)  induction, maintenance, and expression. 
E)  learning, memory, and motivation. 
A)  maintenance and extinction. 
B)  maintenance, reinforcement, and forgetting. 
C)  expression and induction. 
D)  induction, maintenance, and expression. 
E)  learning, memory, and motivation.

Question 7

Label this illustration of how LTP is typically studied.Then use this illustration, and any others that you may wish to supply, to describe and explain how LTP is typically produced and measured.

Accepted Answer

40% for effective use of illus

Question 8

The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

Accepted Answer

A)  learned sensorimotor skills. 
B)  faces. 
C)  time. 
D)  objects. 
E)  spatial locations. 
A)  learned sensorimotor skills. 
B)  faces. 
C)  time. 
D)  objects. 
E)  spatial locations.

Question 9

The retrograde amnesia associated with closed-head injury has been frequently studied in laboratory animals by

Accepted Answer

A)  hitting them on the head with a little rubber hammer. 
B)  administering acetylcholine agonists. 
C)  administering electroconvulsive shock. 
D)  using multiple-trial learning tests that must be learned over several days. 
E)  both B and D 
A)  hitting them on the head with a little rubber hammer. 
B)  administering acetylcholine agonists. 
C)  administering electroconvulsive shock. 
D)  using multiple-trial learning tests that must be learned over several days. 
E)  both B and D

Question 10

Following his surgery, H.M.seemed to experience

Accepted Answer

A)  an extreme retrograde amnesia for remote events. 
B)  a complete disruption of short-term memory. 
C)  a mild retrograde amnesia for events of the 2 years preceding the surgery. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both A and C 
A)  an extreme retrograde amnesia for remote events. 
B)  a complete disruption of short-term memory. 
C)  a mild retrograde amnesia for events of the 2 years preceding the surgery. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both A and C

Question 11

Bilateral lesions of the rhinal cortex that do not damage the hippocampus or amygdala produce

Accepted Answer

A)  slight object-recognition deficits in rats. 
B)  no object-recognition deficits in monkeys. 
C)  slight object-recognition deficits in monkeys. 
D)  both A and C 
E)  none of the above 
A)  slight object-recognition deficits in rats. 
B)  no object-recognition deficits in monkeys. 
C)  slight object-recognition deficits in monkeys. 
D)  both A and C 
E)  none of the above

Question 12

The authors of the cognitive map theory are

Accepted Answer

A)  Nadel and O'Keefe. 
B)  Mumby and Pinel. 
C)  Squire and Zola-Morgan. 
D)  Rudy and Sutherland. 
E)  Whishaw and Tomie. 
A)  Nadel and O'Keefe. 
B)  Mumby and Pinel. 
C)  Squire and Zola-Morgan. 
D)  Rudy and Sutherland. 
E)  Whishaw and Tomie.

Question 13

In the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the level of __________ is greatly reduced.

Accepted Answer

A)  epinephrine 
B)  norepinephrine 
C)  acetylcholine 
D)  dopamine 
E)  serotonin 
A)  epinephrine 
B)  norepinephrine 
C)  acetylcholine 
D)  dopamine 
E)  serotonin

Question 14

NMDA receptors respond to the __________ neurotransmitter.

Accepted Answer

The answer of NMDA receptors respond to the __________ neurotransmitter....

Question 15

R.B.had obvious damage to the __________ subfield of the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus.

Accepted Answer

The answer of R.B.had obvious damage to the __________ subfield...

Question 16

Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one's life are __________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic 
B)  procedural 
C)  episodic 
D)  remote 
E)  implicit 
A)  semantic 
B)  procedural 
C)  episodic 
D)  remote 
E)  implicit

Question 17

The amygdala appears to be involved in the __________ component of memory, whereas the cerebellum appears to be involved in the __________ component.

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional; sensorimotor 
B)  visual; temporal 
C)  spatial; visual 
D)  sensory; emotional 
E)  procedural; implicit 
A)  emotional; sensorimotor 
B)  visual; temporal 
C)  spatial; visual 
D)  sensory; emotional 
E)  procedural; implicit

Question 18

Hippocampal cells that become active only when the subject is in particular locations are called

Accepted Answer

A)  location cells. 
B)  place cells. 
C)  complex cells. 
D)  simple cells. 
E)  spot cells. 
A)  location cells. 
B)  place cells. 
C)  complex cells. 
D)  simple cells. 
E)  spot cells.

Question 19

H)M.'s greatest postsurgical problem is his

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  deficit in short-term memory. 
D)  loss of remote memory. 
E)  drop in IQ. 
A)  anterograde amnesia. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  deficit in short-term memory. 
D)  loss of remote memory. 
E)  drop in IQ.

Question 20

The brain operation performed on H.M.is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  unilateral temporal lobectomy. 
B)  bilateral prefrontal lobotomy. 
C)  bilateral temporal lobotomy. 
D)  bilateral medial temporal lobectomy. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  unilateral temporal lobectomy. 
B)  bilateral prefrontal lobotomy. 
C)  bilateral temporal lobotomy. 
D)  bilateral medial temporal lobectomy. 
E)  none of the above

Memory for general principles and skills required to perform a task is called __________ memory.

Mumby and his colleagues showed that large hippocampal lesions blocked the object-recognition deficits caused in rats by cerebral ischemia when the lesions were

Korsakoff's syndrome is typically associated with

The location in a test environment in which a subject must be for a place cell to become active is called its

Discuss Korsakoff's syndrome and the amnesia associated with it.What areas of the brain have been linked to Korsakoff's syndrome, and what is the evidence for these links?

In searching for the neural bases of LTP, many researchers assume that separate mechanisms account for

Label this illustration of how LTP is typically studied.Then use this illustration, and any others that you may wish to supply, to describe and explain how LTP is typically produced and measured.

The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

The retrograde amnesia associated with closed-head injury has been frequently studied in laboratory animals by

Following his surgery, H.M.seemed to experience

Bilateral lesions of the rhinal cortex that do not damage the hippocampus or amygdala produce

The authors of the cognitive map theory are

In the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the level of __________ is greatly reduced.

NMDA receptors respond to the __________ neurotransmitter.

R.B.had obvious damage to the __________ subfield of the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus.

Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one's life are __________ memories.

The amygdala appears to be involved in the component of memory, whereas the cerebellum appears to be involved in the component.

Hippocampal cells that become active only when the subject is in particular locations are called

H)M.'s greatest postsurgical problem is his

The brain operation performed on H.M.is called a

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Memory for general principles and skills required to perform a task is called __________ memory.

Mumby and his colleagues showed that large hippocampal lesions blocked the object-recognition deficits caused in rats by cerebral ischemia when the lesions were

Korsakoff's syndrome is typically associated with

The location in a test environment in which a subject must be for a place cell to become active is called its

Discuss Korsakoff's syndrome and the amnesia associated with it.What areas of the brain have been linked to Korsakoff's syndrome, and what is the evidence for these links?

In searching for the neural bases of LTP, many researchers assume that separate mechanisms account for

Label this illustration of how LTP is typically studied.Then use this illustration, and any others that you may wish to supply, to describe and explain how LTP is typically produced and measured.

The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

The retrograde amnesia associated with closed-head injury has been frequently studied in laboratory animals by

Following his surgery, H.M.seemed to experience

Bilateral lesions of the rhinal cortex that do not damage the hippocampus or amygdala produce

The authors of the cognitive map theory are

In the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the level of __________ is greatly reduced.

NMDA receptors respond to the __________ neurotransmitter.

R.B.had obvious damage to the __________ subfield of the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus.

Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one's life are __________ memories.

The amygdala appears to be involved in the __________ component of memory, whereas the cerebellum appears to be involved in the __________ component.

Hippocampal cells that become active only when the subject is in particular locations are called

H)M.'s greatest postsurgical problem is his

The brain operation performed on H.M.is called a

Biopsychology As a Neuroscience

Evolution, Genetics, and Experience

The Anatomy of the Nervous System

Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission

The Research Methods of Biopsychology

The Visual System

Mechanisms of Perception

The Sensorimotor System

Development of the Nervous System

Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity

Hunger, Eating, and Health

Hormones and Sex

Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms

Drug Addiction and the Brains Reward Circuits

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The amygdala appears to be involved in the component of memory, whereas the cerebellum appears to be involved in the component.