Chapter 13: Learning and Memory

Question 1

The process by which experiences change our nervous system and our behavior

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

Long-term changes in the nervous system following learning

Answer 2

Memory

Question 3

Learning, memory, and their effects on behavior are only possible through the brain’s ______.

Answer 3

Plasticity

Question 4

4 Steps of learning and memory:

Answer 4

Encoding (learning) –> Consolidation (memory) –> Storage (memory) –> Retrieval (memory)

Question 5

What (on a physical level) can make certain neurons more likely to fire together?

Answer 5

More AMPA receptor sites
Larger surface area
Synapses move closer together

Question 6

True or false: We need emotion to learn!

Answer 6

Yeah, that amygdala.

Question 7

The most essential part of relational learning is the __________.

Answer 7

hippocampus

Question 8

Consolidation

Answer 8

The conversion of short-term to long-term

Question 9

Consolidation involves the ______ ____.

Answer 9

hippocampal formation

Question 10

Describe reconsolidation

Answer 10

Modification of long-term memories