Question 1

Professor Diggs tells her class that compared to overall brain size, brain-to-body ratio is the best correlate of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

List and define the properties of LTP that make it a likely candidate as a cellular basis of learning and memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of  List and define the properties of LTP...

Question 3

Dr. Covington does research learning habits. He primarily studies the striatum which is part of the basal ganglia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

It is believed that Hebbian synapses may be critical for ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  associative learning 
B)  reflexes 
C)  loudness perception 
D)  color vision

Question 5

What is a major advantage of Aplysia for studies on the physiology of learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their memories are more permanent than those of vertebrates. 
B)  There are no differences between one neuron and another. 
C)  There is great similarity of nervous system anatomy from one individual to another. 
D)  They have only one type of learning.

Question 6

To replace the concept of short-term memory, A. D. Baddeley and G. J. Hitch introduced the term delayed memory to refer to the way we store information while we are working at it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is confabulation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Confusing a made-up answer as a memory of an actual experience 
B)  Having the two sides of the body working antagonistically 
C)  Confusing procedural memory for declarative memory 
D)  Remembering names, but being unable to put them with a face

Question 8

A distinctive symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome is confabulation, in which patients guess to fill in memory gaps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following accurately describes H.M.'s memory problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Impaired short-term memory, but not long-term memory 
B)  Impaired procedural memory, but not declarative memory 
C)  Impaired explicit memory, but not implicit memory 
D)  Impaired personal memories, but not impersonal memories

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

The patient H.M. suffered severe memory disorders following a surgical operation that removed the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  corpus callosum 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  lateral interpositus nucleus and hypothalamus 
D)  prefrontal cortex and dorsomedial thalamus

Question 12

A rat is placed in a radial maze in which it has already been trained for many trials. As compared to rats without damage to their hippocampus, rats with damage are more likely to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  enter an alley at random 
B)  fail to eat the food they find 
C)  enter one of the correct alleys repeatedly 
D)  enter an alley that is never correct

Question 13

Professor Bresler tells her class that the most plausible explanation for infant amnesia is that ______

Accepted Answer

A)  the rapid learning in early childhood displaces memories formed in infancy. 
B)  the rapid learning in early childhood inhibits LTP and causes amnesia to occur. 
C)  most people have a larger accumulation of tau tangles when they are born than when they grow up. 
D)  most people have thiamine deficiency as children.

Question 14

Structures formed from degenerating axons and dendrites are referred to as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  tau proteins 
B)  amyloid beta proteins 
C)  confabulations 
D)  plaques

Question 15

Describe how habituation is demonstrated in memory research on invertebrates?

Accepted Answer

The answer of  Describe how habituation is demonstrated in memory...

Question 16

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

Question 17

Alzheimer's is associated with brain damage as a result of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  loss of the fibers connecting the substantia nigra to the basal ganglia 
B)  loss of cell bodies in the dorsomedial thalamus 
C)  tangles and plaques in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus 
D)  an epileptic focus in the temporal lobe of the cortex

Question 18

A rat must swim through murky water to find a rest platform that is just under the surface in the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  radial maze 
B)  Morris water maze 
C)  configurable learning task 
D)  delayed matching-to-sample task

Question 19

McKenzie is using classical conditioning to teach her dog to sit by giving the dog a treat each time she sits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Rhett is studying for a quiz on intelligence. He writes in his notes that although it shouldn't be used to make decisions about an individual, _____ seems to be a reasonable correlate of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  brain size 
B)  skull thickness 
C)  the total number of neurons 
D)  brain-to-body ratio

Exam 12: Learning, Memory, and Intelligence

Professor Diggs tells her class that compared to overall brain size, brain-to-body ratio is the best correlate of intelligence.

List and define the properties of LTP that make it a likely candidate as a cellular basis of learning and memory.

Dr. Covington does research learning habits. He primarily studies the striatum which is part of the basal ganglia.

It is believed that Hebbian synapses may be critical for ____.

What is a major advantage of Aplysia for studies on the physiology of learning?

To replace the concept of short-term memory, A. D. Baddeley and G. J. Hitch introduced the term delayed memory to refer to the way we store information while we are working at it.

What is confabulation?

A distinctive symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome is confabulation, in which patients guess to fill in memory gaps.

Which of the following accurately describes H.M.'s memory problems?

Preventing learning is to as suppressing a response is to .

The patient H.M. suffered severe memory disorders following a surgical operation that removed the ____.

A rat is placed in a radial maze in which it has already been trained for many trials. As compared to rats without damage to their hippocampus, rats with damage are more likely to ____.

Professor Bresler tells her class that the most plausible explanation for infant amnesia is that ______

Structures formed from degenerating axons and dendrites are referred to as ____.

Describe how habituation is demonstrated in memory research on invertebrates?

Research indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for ____.

Alzheimer's is associated with brain damage as a result of ____.

A rat must swim through murky water to find a rest platform that is just under the surface in the ____.

McKenzie is using classical conditioning to teach her dog to sit by giving the dog a treat each time she sits.

Rhett is studying for a quiz on intelligence. He writes in his notes that although it shouldn't be used to make decisions about an individual, _____ seems to be a reasonable correlate of intelligence.