BRAIN & BEHAVIOR, THE MINDS
MACHINE - CHAPTER 13 PRACTICE
QUIZ WITH DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS
_______ amnesia is a loss of memories that formed prior to a brain damaging
event. - correct answerretrograde
_______ LTP refers to the induction of LTP through training of an animal in a
memory task. - correct answerbehavioral
A change in the processing of a stimulus on the basis of prior exposure to the
same or similar stimuli is referred to as - correct answerpriming
After a tetanus there are _______ AMPA receptors, and these receptors are
_______ effective, so the synaptic response to glutamate is _______. - correct
answermore; more; strengthened
Bird species that cache food in many locations have a relatively large _______,
which facilitates _______ learning, and allows the birds to find the food at a later
time. - correct answerhippocampus; spatial
Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched
conditions have been found to have heavier brains, due primarily to increased
thickness of - correct answercortex
, Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched
conditions have heavier, thicker cortices. This is evidence for the - correct
answereffect of experience and learning on brain plasticity.
Declarative episodic memory is also called - correct answerautobiographical
memory
Declarative memory is said to deal with _______ questions. - correct answerwhat
Henry Molaison's (patient H.M.) surgery involved removal of the most of the
hippocampus, surrounding cortex from the temporal lobes, and the - correct
answeramygdala
If the process of encoding were prevented during learning, then _______ and
_______ would also be disrupted. - correct answerconsolidation; retrieval
If the process of encoding were prevented during learning, then _______ and
_______ would also be disrupted. - correct answerconsolidation; retrieval
In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus, when repeatedly paired
with an another (important) stimulus, becomes the - correct answerconditioned
stimulus
In LTP formation, nitric oxide may serve as a(n) - correct answerretrograde
transmitter
In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when a traumatic memory is reactivated
it returns to a labile state; it becomes even stronger when reconsolidated in the
presence of - correct answerstress hormones
In the simplest form of nonassociative learning, - correct answeran organism
becomes less responsive following repeated presentation of a stimulus.
Information about corneal stimulation is transmitted to an area of cerebellar
neurons via - correct answerclimbing fibers
MACHINE - CHAPTER 13 PRACTICE
QUIZ WITH DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS
_______ amnesia is a loss of memories that formed prior to a brain damaging
event. - correct answerretrograde
_______ LTP refers to the induction of LTP through training of an animal in a
memory task. - correct answerbehavioral
A change in the processing of a stimulus on the basis of prior exposure to the
same or similar stimuli is referred to as - correct answerpriming
After a tetanus there are _______ AMPA receptors, and these receptors are
_______ effective, so the synaptic response to glutamate is _______. - correct
answermore; more; strengthened
Bird species that cache food in many locations have a relatively large _______,
which facilitates _______ learning, and allows the birds to find the food at a later
time. - correct answerhippocampus; spatial
Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched
conditions have been found to have heavier brains, due primarily to increased
thickness of - correct answercortex
, Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched
conditions have heavier, thicker cortices. This is evidence for the - correct
answereffect of experience and learning on brain plasticity.
Declarative episodic memory is also called - correct answerautobiographical
memory
Declarative memory is said to deal with _______ questions. - correct answerwhat
Henry Molaison's (patient H.M.) surgery involved removal of the most of the
hippocampus, surrounding cortex from the temporal lobes, and the - correct
answeramygdala
If the process of encoding were prevented during learning, then _______ and
_______ would also be disrupted. - correct answerconsolidation; retrieval
If the process of encoding were prevented during learning, then _______ and
_______ would also be disrupted. - correct answerconsolidation; retrieval
In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus, when repeatedly paired
with an another (important) stimulus, becomes the - correct answerconditioned
stimulus
In LTP formation, nitric oxide may serve as a(n) - correct answerretrograde
transmitter
In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when a traumatic memory is reactivated
it returns to a labile state; it becomes even stronger when reconsolidated in the
presence of - correct answerstress hormones
In the simplest form of nonassociative learning, - correct answeran organism
becomes less responsive following repeated presentation of a stimulus.
Information about corneal stimulation is transmitted to an area of cerebellar
neurons via - correct answerclimbing fibers
