Question 1

Which of the following is an example of habituation?

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A) As you go to bed,you hear the bathroom faucet dripping.The sound becomes more and more annoying as the night goes on. 
B) Your car spins out on the ice in the winter.Afterwards,you are much more nervous while driving. 
C) An experienced shepherd can quickly distinguish his sheep from one another. 
D) On entering a room,you notice the soft hum of a fan,but after being there for a while,you no longer notice the sound. 
A) As you go to bed,you hear the bathroom faucet dripping.The sound becomes more and more annoying as the night goes on. 
B) Your car spins out on the ice in the winter.Afterwards,you are much more nervous while driving. 
C) An experienced shepherd can quickly distinguish his sheep from one another. 
D) On entering a room,you notice the soft hum of a fan,but after being there for a while,you no longer notice the sound.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a sensory prosthesis?

Accepted Answer

A) cochlear implant 
B) place cell 
C) place field 
D) receptive field 
A) cochlear implant 
B) place cell 
C) place field 
D) receptive field

Question 3

Comparator theory provides the best account of:

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A) short-term habituation effects. 
B) short-term sensitization effects. 
C) mere exposure effects. 
D) perceptual learning resulting from discrimination training. 
A) short-term habituation effects. 
B) short-term sensitization effects. 
C) mere exposure effects. 
D) perceptual learning resulting from discrimination training.

Question 4

Which of the following demonstrates perceptual learning?

Accepted Answer

A) People who live in a city have no trouble sleeping through all of the street noise. 
B) Professional wine tasters can easily distinguish between subtly different wines. 
C) A crying baby becomes increasingly more bothersome to her parents. 
D) A phobic patient gets used to being around spiders during one therapy session,but is fearful again at the start of the next session. 
A) People who live in a city have no trouble sleeping through all of the street noise. 
B) Professional wine tasters can easily distinguish between subtly different wines. 
C) A crying baby becomes increasingly more bothersome to her parents. 
D) A phobic patient gets used to being around spiders during one therapy session,but is fearful again at the start of the next session.

Question 5

Studies involving repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger have shown that the ability to discriminate the positions of the two touches:

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A) stays the same. 
B) improves. 
C) gets worse. 
D) improves,but only in children. 
A) stays the same. 
B) improves. 
C) gets worse. 
D) improves,but only in children.

Question 6

If a loud noise is presented repeatedly to a rat,the rat's acoustic startle reflex will:

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A) increase. 
B) decrease. 
C) decrease and then increase. 
D) stay the same. 
A) increase. 
B) decrease. 
C) decrease and then increase. 
D) stay the same.

Question 7

In which situation would you habituate the most?

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A) when the event is not very arousing 
B) when you are first becoming familiar with the stimulus 
C) when the interval between repetitions of the event is long 
D) when the event is unusual 
A) when the event is not very arousing 
B) when you are first becoming familiar with the stimulus 
C) when the interval between repetitions of the event is long 
D) when the event is unusual

Question 8

Suppose a baby is presented repeatedly with the color yellow.Which of the following would demonstrate that habituation is stimulus specific in this case?

Accepted Answer

A) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases,and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red. 
B) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases,and then the baby has no response to the color red. 
C) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases,and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red. 
D) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases,and then the baby has no response to the color red. 
A) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases,and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red. 
B) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases,and then the baby has no response to the color red. 
C) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases,and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red. 
D) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases,and then the baby has no response to the color red.

Question 9

The capacity for cortical receptive fields and cortical spatial organization to change as a result of experience is called:

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual learning. 
B) cortical plasticity. 
C) heterosynaptic learning. 
D) homosynaptic learning. 
A) perceptual learning. 
B) cortical plasticity. 
C) heterosynaptic learning. 
D) homosynaptic learning.

Question 10

Describe an example of habituation from your everyday life.

Accepted Answer

Grading criteria: Example must

Question 11

In aplysia,sensitization results from a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) decrease in glutamate released from the sensory neurons. 
B) increase in glutamate released from the sensory neurons. 
C) decrease in the number of sensory neurons. 
D) increase in the number of motor neurons. 
A) decrease in glutamate released from the sensory neurons. 
B) increase in glutamate released from the sensory neurons. 
C) decrease in the number of sensory neurons. 
D) increase in the number of motor neurons.

Question 12

According to comparator models,habituation occurs because:

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A) the stimulus cannot be matched to a memory representation. 
B) the connection between the stimulus and the muscle reflex has been weakened. 
C) the brain processes only a limited amount of information about a stimulus during each exposure. 
D) orienting responses are suppressed when stimuli are well-represented. 
A) the stimulus cannot be matched to a memory representation. 
B) the connection between the stimulus and the muscle reflex has been weakened. 
C) the brain processes only a limited amount of information about a stimulus during each exposure. 
D) orienting responses are suppressed when stimuli are well-represented.

Question 13

Which model proposes that the brain forms a representation of a stimulus,compares this with a memory representation,and makes an orienting response if there is no match?

Accepted Answer

A) dual-process theory 
B) comparator theory 
C) differentiation theory 
D) priming theory 
A) dual-process theory 
B) comparator theory 
C) differentiation theory 
D) priming theory

Question 14

Since her grandmother's recent illness,,Sarah has a heightened awareness of her family's health,and gets overly worried anytime a family member appears the least bit unwell.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) sensitization. 
C) dishabituation. 
D) priming. 
A) habituation. 
B) sensitization. 
C) dishabituation. 
D) priming.

Question 15

A decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior after repeated exposure to the stimulus that produces the behavior is called:

Accepted Answer

A) sensitization. 
B) habituation. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) priming. 
A) sensitization. 
B) habituation. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) priming.

Question 16

Jack has two cats."Mittens" purrs softly throughout much of the day,while "Patches" is usually quiet but every once in a while meows very loudly.Describe Jack's habituation to the sounds of his two cats.Refer to the factors that influence habituation in your answer.

Accepted Answer

Grading criteria: Jack will habituate mo

Question 17

Which of the following is true regarding place cells?

Accepted Answer

A) They are hardwired at birth. 
B) There are sufficient numbers of neurons to assign a place cell to every place you will ever encounter. 
C) They respond to an internal sense of location in space,but not to external location cues. 
D) They each have a preferred location called a place field. 
A) They are hardwired at birth. 
B) There are sufficient numbers of neurons to assign a place cell to every place you will ever encounter. 
C) They respond to an internal sense of location in space,but not to external location cues. 
D) They each have a preferred location called a place field.

Question 18

In alplysia,what accounts for the habituation of the gill-withdrawal reflex?

Accepted Answer

A) a decrease in the motor neuron's sensitivity to glutamate 
B) an increase in the motor neuron's sensitivity to glutamate 
C) a decrease in the amount of glutamate released by the sensory neuron 
D) an increase in the amount of glutamate released by the sensory neuron 
A) a decrease in the motor neuron's sensitivity to glutamate 
B) an increase in the motor neuron's sensitivity to glutamate 
C) a decrease in the amount of glutamate released by the sensory neuron 
D) an increase in the amount of glutamate released by the sensory neuron

Question 19

Over the first several weeks of teaching a class,the teacher becomes better at telling her students apart.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) sensitization. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) priming. 
A) habituation. 
B) sensitization. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) priming.

Question 20

The behavior of rats navigating three-arm mazes before and after the mazes are rotated demonstrates that:

Accepted Answer

A) rats cannot navigate mazes when the mazes are rotated. 
B) place cells do not respond when mazes are rotated. 
C) place cell responses are based on visual cues in the environment. 
D) visual cues are not important in navigation of mazes. 
A) rats cannot navigate mazes when the mazes are rotated. 
B) place cells do not respond when mazes are rotated. 
C) place cell responses are based on visual cues in the environment. 
D) visual cues are not important in navigation of mazes.

Which of the following is an example of habituation?

Which of the following is an example of a sensory prosthesis?

Comparator theory provides the best account of:

Which of the following demonstrates perceptual learning?

Studies involving repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger have shown that the ability to discriminate the positions of the two touches:

If a loud noise is presented repeatedly to a rat,the rat's acoustic startle reflex will:

In which situation would you habituate the most?

Suppose a baby is presented repeatedly with the color yellow.Which of the following would demonstrate that habituation is stimulus specific in this case?

The capacity for cortical receptive fields and cortical spatial organization to change as a result of experience is called:

Describe an example of habituation from your everyday life.

In aplysia,sensitization results from a(n):

According to comparator models,habituation occurs because:

Which model proposes that the brain forms a representation of a stimulus,compares this with a memory representation,and makes an orienting response if there is no match?

Since her grandmother's recent illness,,Sarah has a heightened awareness of her family's health,and gets overly worried anytime a family member appears the least bit unwell.This is an example of:

A decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior after repeated exposure to the stimulus that produces the behavior is called:

Jack has two cats."Mittens" purrs softly throughout much of the day,while "Patches" is usually quiet but every once in a while meows very loudly.Describe Jack's habituation to the sounds of his two cats.Refer to the factors that influence habituation in your answer.

Which of the following is true regarding place cells?

In alplysia,what accounts for the habituation of the gill-withdrawal reflex?

Over the first several weeks of teaching a class,the teacher becomes better at telling her students apart.This is an example of:

The behavior of rats navigating three-arm mazes before and after the mazes are rotated demonstrates that:

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Exam 3: Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events

Which of the following is an example of habituation?

Which of the following is an example of a sensory prosthesis?

Comparator theory provides the best account of:

Which of the following demonstrates perceptual learning?

Studies involving repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger have shown that the ability to discriminate the positions of the two touches:

If a loud noise is presented repeatedly to a rat,the rat's acoustic startle reflex will:

In which situation would you habituate the most?

Suppose a baby is presented repeatedly with the color yellow.Which of the following would demonstrate that habituation is stimulus specific in this case?

The capacity for cortical receptive fields and cortical spatial organization to change as a result of experience is called:

Describe an example of habituation from your everyday life.

In aplysia,sensitization results from a(n):

According to comparator models,habituation occurs because:

Which model proposes that the brain forms a representation of a stimulus,compares this with a memory representation,and makes an orienting response if there is no match?

Since her grandmother's recent illness,,Sarah has a heightened awareness of her family's health,and gets overly worried anytime a family member appears the least bit unwell.This is an example of:

A decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior after repeated exposure to the stimulus that produces the behavior is called:

Jack has two cats."Mittens" purrs softly throughout much of the day,while "Patches" is usually quiet but every once in a while meows very loudly.Describe Jack's habituation to the sounds of his two cats.Refer to the factors that influence habituation in your answer.

Which of the following is true regarding place cells?

In alplysia,what accounts for the habituation of the gill-withdrawal reflex?

Over the first several weeks of teaching a class,the teacher becomes better at telling her students apart.This is an example of:

The behavior of rats navigating three-arm mazes before and after the mazes are rotated demonstrates that:

The Psychology of Learning and Memory

The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory

Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events

Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors

Generalization and Discrimination Learning

Episodic and Semantic Memory: Memory for Facts and Events

Skill Memory: Learning by Doing

Working Memory and Cognitive Control

Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory

Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting

Development and Aging: Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan

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