PBSI Final Exam questions and
answers graded A+
Your ability to recognize a series of tones, such as the opening notes to the star spangled
banner, is an instance of ________ that likely involves the __________. - correct answer
✔✔Perceptual learning; auditory association cortex
Reinforcing stimuli increase _______ levels in the brain - correct answer ✔✔dopamine
Patient H.M is able to perform all of the following tasks quite well EXCEPT: - correct answer
✔✔consolidating information from short term memory to long term memory using rehearsal
The ______ amygdaloid nucleus is important for the expression of emotional response to
aversive stimuli - correct answer ✔✔central
Nondeclarative memory employs all of the following brain systems EXCEPT - correct answer
✔✔medial temporal lobe
Korsakoffs syndrome is a severe form of anterograde amnesia associate with ________ - correct
answer ✔✔alcoholism
The performant pathway: - correct answer ✔✔interconnects the entorhinal cortex with the
granule cells of the senate gyrus
The primary output of the hippocampus - correct answer ✔✔arises from the pyramidal cells of
field CA1
, LTP may result from: - correct answer ✔✔- Insertion of AMPA receptors into the postsynaptic
membrane
- Formation of perforated synapses
- Alterations of synaptic structure
- Increasing the activity of nitric oxide
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Associative long-term potentiation requires ________ occur about the same time as ________.
- correct answer ✔✔binding of transmitter to the postsynaptic neuron; the postsynaptic cell is
depolarized
Rats previously exposed to a tone followed by a brief intense electrical shock will show
________ when subsequently exposed to the tone (without shock). - correct answer
✔✔behavioral arrest (freezing)
The NMDA receptor controls ________ and is normally blocked by ________. - correct answer
✔✔a calcium channel; magnesium ions
Long term potentiation may involve the formation of ______ within the postsynaptic dendrite,
which then acts on the presynaptic element to increase the release of __________. - correct
answer ✔✔nitric oxide, glutamate
Which of the following is true of long term depression (LTD) - correct answer ✔✔LTD is
associated with a decrease in the number of AMPA receptors in the postsynaptic neuron
In classic conditioning, a neutral stimulus - correct answer ✔✔is termed the unconditional
stimulus
The neostriatum is composed of the - correct answer ✔✔caudate nucleus and the putamen
answers graded A+
Your ability to recognize a series of tones, such as the opening notes to the star spangled
banner, is an instance of ________ that likely involves the __________. - correct answer
✔✔Perceptual learning; auditory association cortex
Reinforcing stimuli increase _______ levels in the brain - correct answer ✔✔dopamine
Patient H.M is able to perform all of the following tasks quite well EXCEPT: - correct answer
✔✔consolidating information from short term memory to long term memory using rehearsal
The ______ amygdaloid nucleus is important for the expression of emotional response to
aversive stimuli - correct answer ✔✔central
Nondeclarative memory employs all of the following brain systems EXCEPT - correct answer
✔✔medial temporal lobe
Korsakoffs syndrome is a severe form of anterograde amnesia associate with ________ - correct
answer ✔✔alcoholism
The performant pathway: - correct answer ✔✔interconnects the entorhinal cortex with the
granule cells of the senate gyrus
The primary output of the hippocampus - correct answer ✔✔arises from the pyramidal cells of
field CA1
, LTP may result from: - correct answer ✔✔- Insertion of AMPA receptors into the postsynaptic
membrane
- Formation of perforated synapses
- Alterations of synaptic structure
- Increasing the activity of nitric oxide
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Associative long-term potentiation requires ________ occur about the same time as ________.
- correct answer ✔✔binding of transmitter to the postsynaptic neuron; the postsynaptic cell is
depolarized
Rats previously exposed to a tone followed by a brief intense electrical shock will show
________ when subsequently exposed to the tone (without shock). - correct answer
✔✔behavioral arrest (freezing)
The NMDA receptor controls ________ and is normally blocked by ________. - correct answer
✔✔a calcium channel; magnesium ions
Long term potentiation may involve the formation of ______ within the postsynaptic dendrite,
which then acts on the presynaptic element to increase the release of __________. - correct
answer ✔✔nitric oxide, glutamate
Which of the following is true of long term depression (LTD) - correct answer ✔✔LTD is
associated with a decrease in the number of AMPA receptors in the postsynaptic neuron
In classic conditioning, a neutral stimulus - correct answer ✔✔is termed the unconditional
stimulus
The neostriatum is composed of the - correct answer ✔✔caudate nucleus and the putamen
