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Describe how long-term potentiation occurs in the hippocampus.What is the evidence that LTP has a role in learning and memory?

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Compare and contrast working and reference memory.

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Describe spatial learning tasks and mechanisms that have been used to explain efficient performance in this situation.

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Stimulus coding refers to

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A)   the literal record of past events in memory.
B)   creating a neural representation of an experience.
C)   the use of current stimuli to decode or understand previous events.
D)   creating a stimulus that can be perceived and used by a given species.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Compare the learning of a general rule to the learning of specific rules.Under what circumstances will general rules be learned? What causes specific rules to be learned?

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Infants were trained to kick in order to move a mobile.24 hours later,one group of these infants was tested in the presence of the same contextual cues; another group was tested in the presence of a context familiar to them,but different from the training situation.The infants tested in the training context performed much better,probably because of

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A)   rehearsal cues.
B)   retrieval cues.
C)   prospective cues.
D)   retrospective cues.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

NR2B is typically found

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A)   as a subunit of NMDA that interferes with LTP in adulthood.
B)   as a subunit of NMDA that interferes with LTP in juveniles.
C)   as a subunit of NMDA that promotes LTP in adulthood.
D)   as a subunit of NMDA that promotes LTP in juveniles.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

A pigeon is presented with a brief presentation of a red key light,followed by a delay,and then a choice between a red key light and a green key light.If the pigeon pecks the red key light,a food reinforcer is delivered.In order to correctly perform in this task,the pigeon will

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A)   respond to the red light and inhibit responding to the green light.
B)   respond to the red light.
C)   inhibit responding to the green light.
D)   In cannot be determined.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Which of the following is not a challenge to the trace decay hypothesis?

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A)   Increasing the number of training trials improves performance in delayed matching to sample tasks.
B)   Increasing exposure to the sample improves performance in delayed matching to sample tasks.
C)   Making the sample surprising improves performance in delayed matching to sample tasks.
D)   Memory processes can be brought under external stimulus control.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Cognitive mechanisms are used to explain animal behaviors when

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A)   classical conditioning mechanisms are not sufficient to account for actions.
B)   instrumental conditioning mechanisms are not sufficient to account for actions.
C)   discriminative stimulus mechanisms are used to describe behavior.
D)   S-R mechanisms are not sufficient to account for actions.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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What is spatial memory? Describe two procedures that demonstrate spatial memory in animals.

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Stimulus coding is primarily a task that occurs during

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A)   retention.
B)   retrieval.
C)   extinction.
D)   acquisition.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

To determine the memory load when rats perform in a radial arm maze,a researcher

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A)   notes the total number of correct choices made when the subject was running the maze.
B)   notes the total number of errors the subject made when it was running the maze.
C)   notes the subjects' relative error rates after they had visited different numbers of places.
D)   notes the number of adjunctive behaviors that occur after subjects had visited different numbers of places.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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