Learning and Memory

Question 1

What are the two areas of learning

Answer 1

associative

Non-associative

Question 2

types of associative learning

Answer 2

passive

operant

Question 3

types of non-associative learning

Answer 3

simple and compelx

Question 4

What is memory

Answer 4

encoding, storage, and retrieval of learning information

Question 5

What are the stages of memory

Answer 5

recall, codification, contex

Question 6

memory trace

Answer 6

pattern of activity uniqut to the record

Question 7

how do you maintain short term memory

Answer 7

frequent rehearsal

Question 8

how do you transform short term memory to long term memory

Answer 8

consolidation

Question 9

how long is short term memory stored for

Answer 9

second - minutes - hours

Question 10

how long is long term memory stored for

Answer 10

years

Question 11

working memory

Answer 11

process for holding information in a useable form for basic cognitive activities

Question 12

What are some deficits to working memory

Answer 12

it’s limited, easily distracted, fragile

Question 13

what is working memory mediated by

Answer 13

prefrontal cortex

Question 14

What is declarative memroy

Answer 14

explict, descriable

Question 15

what is declarative memory mediated by

Answer 15

hipoocampus, temporal lobe, cortex

Question 16

what are different types of declarative memory

Answer 16

episodic, semantic

Question 17

what is episodic memroy

Answer 17

recollection of events in context of time and place relative to past experiences

Question 18

what is semantic memory

Answer 18

facts. general knowledge

Question 19

What is non declarative memroy

Answer 19

implicit, not easy to descrie

Question 20

What are types of non declarative memroy

Answer 20

priming
procedural
associative

Question 21

What is priming mediated by

Answer 21

neocortex

Question 22

what is priming

Answer 22

presenting with info and later given part of the presenting info in hopes that you’ll remember the rest

Question 23

What is procedural mediated by

Answer 23

striatum

Question 24

what is procedural

Answer 24

remembering steps to perform action

Question 25

what are examples of associative learning

Answer 25

emotional, motor

Question 26

what is emotional mediated by

Answer 26

amygdala

Question 27

what is motor mediated by

Answer 27

cerebellum

Question 28

What are the domains of memory

Answer 28

cognitive psychomotor affective`

Question 29

What is Hebb's postulate

Answer 29

When an axon of cell A exictied cell B repeated some change happens so A becomes more efficeitn

Question 30

long term potentiation

Answer 30

an enduring increase in synaptic efficacy that results from high frequency stimulation of an afferent pathway

Question 31

Many forms of LTP depend on what

Answer 31

NMDA receptors

Question 32

what affect does increased NMDA receptor acitivy have

Answer 32

makes us smarter

Question 33

What are the processing stages of memory

Answer 33

acquistition, rehearse, consolidate

Question 34

dialogue

Answer 34

synchronized oscillation b/w hippocampus and cortex memory replay during slow wave sleep

Question 35

fear extinction

Answer 35

getting rid of fear conditiong

Question 36

mechanism for fear extinction involves what three structures

Answer 36

prefronal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus

Question 37

anterograde amnesia is primarily a defect in what

Answer 37

consolidation

Question 38

damage to what can cause anterograde amnesia

Answer 38

hippocampus

Question 39

What does antergorate amnesia affect

Answer 39

declarative memroy

Question 40

agnosia

Answer 40

inability to recognize stimuli, commands

Question 41

damage to what causes retrograde amnesia

Answer 41

cortex and forebrain