Exam 6: C: Learning

Molly is a private investigator and often finds herself relying on her memory to do her job. She is often required to remember tiny details in order to solve a case and to think on her feet. To hone her memory skills, Molly often memorizes lists of words for fun. -While working on a case,Molly finds piece of paper with the five seemingly random words written on it that may be important for her case.Molly decides to memorize the words in case this piece of paper goes missing.What should Molly do to ensure she will remember the words

Sam recently watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and became fascinated with the concept of memory and how it is stored in the brain. In the movie, the protagonist tries to forget his ex-girlfriend by undergoing a procedure that destroys the neural circuits that stored all his memories of their relationship. Sam decides to read up on the physiological basis for memory to get a better understanding of how it works. -In the movie,the protagonist undergoes a procedure that destroys the neural circuits that stored memories of his relationship with his ex-girlfriend.This idea is in concordance with the work of _______.

Alicia is an avid online poker player. She spends hours every day playing poker online. Initially, she played because she really enjoyed the game and it gave her an exciting feeling. However, over the past few months she has noticed that she experiences higher anxiety levels if she has not played in a while and she feels like she needs to play to reduce this anxiety. -Alicia has a ritual,including saying a short prayer that she performs every time she logs on to her account and she thinks this ritual helps her win.According to Skinner,which of the following enforces this behaviour

Sam recently watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and became fascinated with the concept of memory and how it is stored in the brain. In the movie, the protagonist tries to forget his ex-girlfriend by undergoing a procedure that destroys the neural circuits that stored all his memories of their relationship. Sam decides to read up on the physiological basis for memory to get a better understanding of how it works. -At the end of the movie,Sam thinks about how neurogenesis would continue taking place in the brain of the protagonist and how the newly formed neurons would ________________.

Alec wants to train his dog Magnus to sit on command. To achieve this goal, Alec starts by giving Magnus a strip of bacon and saying "sit" every time Magnus sits. A day later, Alec gives Magnus a strip of bacon and a pat on the head and says "sit" every time Magnus sits. Magnus seems to learn to sit on command. However, after a few days of training, Alec notices that Magnus now salivates and wags his tail whenever he hears the word "sit." -Magnus starts wagging his tail and salivating when he hears Alec say the word "sit" because of __________.

Jamila's friends are participating in a tradition known as Senior Sunrise, where the graduating high school class members stay out all night before the last day of school. Jamila's parents set her a curfew of 12 midnight (which was very generous), and Jamila made sure to be home by then. However, she receives a text message at 3 a.m. from her best friend asking her to come back and join in the celebrations. Jamila now needs to solve a problem: Should she obey her parents and stay home, or should she sneak out and join her friends? -While making a plan to sneak out of the house without waking her parents,Jamila remembers that her brother used to sneak out his window because of the squeaky stair on the staircase.If Jamila uses this solution and climbs out her window,she is _______________.

Molly is a private investigator and often finds herself relying on her memory to do her job. She is often required to remember tiny details in order to solve a case and to think on her feet. To hone her memory skills, Molly often memorizes lists of words for fun. -Molly finds herself writing a report about a case while at the same time talking one the phone with a client from a different case.In this instance,Molly is using ______ which is part of her ____ memory.

Alec wants to train his dog Magnus to sit on command. To achieve this goal, Alec starts by giving Magnus a strip of bacon and saying "sit" every time Magnus sits. A day later, Alec gives Magnus a strip of bacon and a pat on the head and says "sit" every time Magnus sits. Magnus seems to learn to sit on command. However, after a few days of training, Alec notices that Magnus now salivates and wags his tail whenever he hears the word "sit." -For a week after his training,Magnus would sit down and start salivating whenever he saw Alec.This is because Alec was a ______________.