PSYCHOLOGY 1100 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Eric Kandel's study of learning in invertebrate animals provided evidence for
neuronal alteration during the behaviors of:
habitual and sensitization
"Hebbian Learning" or alterations in synaptic connections as a result of learning,
has been summed up in the saying, "Cells that fire together,
wire together
Long-term potentiation is defined as:
the action of gluatmate opening NMDA receptors
What neuronal process does the NMDA receptor facilitate?
long-term potentiation
What evidence suggests that the NMDA receptor is responsible for associative
learning?
only multiple nerons firing simutaneously can activate the NMDa receptors
Long-term potentiation (LTP) has also been demonstrated to functions outside
the hippocampus?
the amygdala
Which of the following reasons does NOT support long-term potentiation as a
cellular basis for learning?
LTP permanently activates the synaspe
The amygdala is an important neural structure in which long-term potentiation
(LTP) plays a role in learning. Since the amygdala is part of the limbic system,
which of the following is most likely mediated by LTP-related learning in the
amygdala
fear learning resulting in freezing behavior
What treatment might help memory disorders such as Alzheimer's disease in the
future by altering neuronal functions?
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Eric Kandel's study of learning in invertebrate animals provided evidence for
neuronal alteration during the behaviors of:
habitual and sensitization
"Hebbian Learning" or alterations in synaptic connections as a result of learning,
has been summed up in the saying, "Cells that fire together,
wire together
Long-term potentiation is defined as:
the action of gluatmate opening NMDA receptors
What neuronal process does the NMDA receptor facilitate?
long-term potentiation
What evidence suggests that the NMDA receptor is responsible for associative
learning?
only multiple nerons firing simutaneously can activate the NMDa receptors
Long-term potentiation (LTP) has also been demonstrated to functions outside
the hippocampus?
the amygdala
Which of the following reasons does NOT support long-term potentiation as a
cellular basis for learning?
LTP permanently activates the synaspe
The amygdala is an important neural structure in which long-term potentiation
(LTP) plays a role in learning. Since the amygdala is part of the limbic system,
which of the following is most likely mediated by LTP-related learning in the
amygdala
fear learning resulting in freezing behavior
What treatment might help memory disorders such as Alzheimer's disease in the
future by altering neuronal functions?
