Learning and Memory
Study Questions
Remember that you should choose only one answer at a time. Learning and Memory 

1. What physiological changes were detected in cells located in the suprasylvian cortex of the cat after training for eyeblink conditioning?

A. one-quarter of the sampled cells there was no response
B. spontaneous and evoked unit activity increased
C. the threshold for spike elicitation by weak extracellularly injected current increased.
D. glutamate receptor concentration decreased.
E. all of the above
F. none of the above

2. In the cat eyeblink conditioning experiment reversible blockade of the CR but not the UR by the injection of 25%KCl into the rostral cortex suggests that the cortex is not necessary for conditioning of the short-latency eyeblink response to auditory click in the cat.

True
False

3. Emotional arousal induced by an experience is not an important determinant of the stregth of a memory for the event.

True
False

4. B-adrendergic receptors that are found peripherally are involved in increasing retention.

True
False

5. B-adrendergic receptors that are found centrally are involved in increasing retention.

True
False

6.(T/F) Motivational states involve arousal and satiation.

True
False

7. (T/F) Children as young as 3 months show instrumental conditioning.

True
False

8.Other fields of study have contributed to neuroscience theories. One theory in particular that is influenced by ideas developed in other disciplines is..

A. How habituation and sensitization are related.
B. Associational Semantics.
C. How behavior is influenced by motivational states.
D. How associations between neurons are formed.
E. Developmental segregation of inputs.

9.Which of the following neurotransmitters have not been implicated in reinforcement or motivation?

A. Dopamine
B. GABA
C. Acetylcholine
D. Norepinepherine
E. Epinepherine


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