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

1. An animal will not habituate to a senstizing stimulus.

True
False

2. Which characteristic of habituation is necessary for categorizing a behavior as having been habituated?

Spontaneous recovery
Sensitization
Dishabituation
A lessening of response
Operant conditioning

3. Evidence for habituation and dishabituation being distinct processes comes from:

A) GSW reflex,  B)Calcium channel studies,  C)Aplysia,  D) Hawkins et al. 1981,  E) Rankin and Carew 1987

a only
B and D
A, C, E
B and C
All of the above

4. A decrease in the monosynaptic response recorded in a motor neuron as a result of repetitive  activation of a sensory neuron is referred to as heterosynaptic depression.

True
False

5. There is nothing in the world that I like better than studying neuroscience... except for maybe a good grilled cheese sandwich!
  +  True
  -   False
 

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OAMG 1997