Question 1

Research indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for:

Accepted Answer

A)  the learning of a conditioned response. 
B)  the performance of a conditioned response. 
C)  the learning AND performance of a conditioned response. 
D)  suppression of the conditioned response. 
A)  the learning of a conditioned response. 
B)  the performance of a conditioned response. 
C)  the learning AND performance of a conditioned response. 
D)  suppression of the conditioned response.

Question 2

The NMDA receptor responds to its transmitters when:

Accepted Answer

A)  magnesium is present in the membrane. 
B)  enough sodium ions exit through AMPA channels. 
C)  the membrane is already at least partly depolarized. 
D)  the dendrite is depolarized enough to produce an action potential. 
A)  magnesium is present in the membrane. 
B)  enough sodium ions exit through AMPA channels. 
C)  the membrane is already at least partly depolarized. 
D)  the dendrite is depolarized enough to produce an action potential.

Question 3

Lashley found that a deep cut in a rat's cerebral cortex completely eliminated the effects of learning under what circumstances, if any?

Accepted Answer

A)  if the cut was made after the learning 
B)  if the learned task was simple 
C)  if the learned task was complex 
D)  under none of the circumstances he studied 
A)  if the cut was made after the learning 
B)  if the learned task was simple 
C)  if the learned task was complex 
D)  under none of the circumstances he studied

Question 4

Alzheimer's patients are relatively unimpaired in:

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative memory. 
B)  procedural memory. 
C)  short-term memory. 
D)  implicit and explicit memory. 
A)  declarative memory. 
B)  procedural memory. 
C)  short-term memory. 
D)  implicit and explicit memory.

Question 5

Preventing learning is to ____ as suppressing a response is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning; operant conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning; classical conditioning 
C)  the red nucleus; the lateral interpositus nucleus 
D)  the lateral interpositus nucleus; the red nucleus 
A)  classical conditioning; operant conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning; classical conditioning 
C)  the red nucleus; the lateral interpositus nucleus 
D)  the lateral interpositus nucleus; the red nucleus

Question 6

A ____ has eight or more arms, some of which have a bit of food or other reinforcer at the end.

Accepted Answer

A)  radial maze 
B)  Morris maze 
C)  Thompson maze 
D)  spatial maze 
A)  radial maze 
B)  Morris maze 
C)  Thompson maze 
D)  spatial maze

Question 7

Forgetting events prior to the time of brain damage is a characteristic of ____ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrograde 
B)  anterograde 
C)  proactive 
D)  procedural 
A)  retrograde 
B)  anterograde 
C)  proactive 
D)  procedural

Question 8

If there is a burst of intense stimulation to a dendrite by one or more axons connected to it in a rapid series, it is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term potentiation of the cell's response to stimuli. 
B)  long-term inhibition of the cell's response to stimuli. 
C)  potentiation of the cell's response to stimuli for a few seconds. 
D)  inhibition of the cell's response to stimuli for a few seconds. 
A)  long-term potentiation of the cell's response to stimuli. 
B)  long-term inhibition of the cell's response to stimuli. 
C)  potentiation of the cell's response to stimuli for a few seconds. 
D)  inhibition of the cell's response to stimuli for a few seconds.

Question 9

The genes related to Alzheimer's lead to the accumulation, in the brain, of:

Accepted Answer

A)  glucose. 
B)  amyloid deposits. 
C)  arachidonic acid. 
D)  serotonin. 
A)  glucose. 
B)  amyloid deposits. 
C)  arachidonic acid. 
D)  serotonin.

Question 10

Someone with a mild to moderate case of Alzheimer's disease would be most likely to remember which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  how to drive a car 
B)  what make of car he or she drives 
C)  where he or she parked the car 
D)  the time he or she most recently drove a car 
A)  how to drive a car 
B)  what make of car he or she drives 
C)  where he or she parked the car 
D)  the time he or she most recently drove a car

Question 11

Altered tau protein cannot bind to its usual targets within axons, and so it ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  stops spreading into the cell body and dendrites 
B)  stops spreading into the cell body only 
C)  starts spreading into the cell body only 
D)  starts spreading into the cell body and dendrites 
A)  stops spreading into the cell body and dendrites 
B)  stops spreading into the cell body only 
C)  starts spreading into the cell body only 
D)  starts spreading into the cell body and dendrites

Research indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for:

The NMDA receptor responds to its transmitters when:

Lashley found that a deep cut in a rat's cerebral cortex completely eliminated the effects of learning under what circumstances, if any?

Alzheimer's patients are relatively unimpaired in:

Preventing learning is to as suppressing a response is to .

A ____ has eight or more arms, some of which have a bit of food or other reinforcer at the end.

Forgetting events prior to the time of brain damage is a characteristic of ____ amnesia.

If there is a burst of intense stimulation to a dendrite by one or more axons connected to it in a rapid series, it is known as:

The genes related to Alzheimer's lead to the accumulation, in the brain, of:

Someone with a mild to moderate case of Alzheimer's disease would be most likely to remember which of the following?

Altered tau protein cannot bind to its usual targets within axons, and so it ____.

The Major Issues

Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses

Synapses

Anatomy of the Nervous System

Development and Plasticity of the Brain

Vision

The Other Sensory Systems

Movement

Wakefulness and Sleep

Internal Regulation

Reproductive Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors

Cognitive Functions

Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

Filters

Exam 13: The Biology of Learning and Memory

Research indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for:

The NMDA receptor responds to its transmitters when:

Lashley found that a deep cut in a rat's cerebral cortex completely eliminated the effects of learning under what circumstances, if any?

Alzheimer's patients are relatively unimpaired in:

Preventing learning is to ____ as suppressing a response is to ____.

A ____ has eight or more arms, some of which have a bit of food or other reinforcer at the end.

Forgetting events prior to the time of brain damage is a characteristic of ____ amnesia.

If there is a burst of intense stimulation to a dendrite by one or more axons connected to it in a rapid series, it is known as:

The genes related to Alzheimer's lead to the accumulation, in the brain, of:

Someone with a mild to moderate case of Alzheimer's disease would be most likely to remember which of the following?

Altered tau protein cannot bind to its usual targets within axons, and so it ____.

The Major Issues

Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses

Synapses

Anatomy of the Nervous System

Development and Plasticity of the Brain

Vision

The Other Sensory Systems

Movement

Wakefulness and Sleep

Internal Regulation

Reproductive Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors

Cognitive Functions

Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

Filters

Preventing learning is to as suppressing a response is to .