Quiz 1-5

Question 1

After an hour of its loud humming, Scott eventually stopped noticing the sound of old refrigerator in his
kitchen. The humming stopped for 20 minutes, then began again, which startled Scott. What could explain why
he was startled?

Answer 1

Sensitization

Question 2

Which of the following is most likely to be an example of habituation?

a) After reading your textbook for 20 minutes, you get hungry.
b) After listening to a lecture for an hour, you are not tired anymore.
c) After sitting on a cold bench for 15 minutes, you don’t feel how cold it is anymore.
d) After hearing the same song repeat 10 times, you turn Spotify off.

Answer 2

c) After sitting on a cold bench for 15 minutes, you don’t feel how cold it is anymore.

Question 3

Dual Process Theory

Answer 3

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Question 4

Episodic Memory

Answer 4

Concern specific events that happened at a specific location

Question 5

Perceptual Learning

Answer 5

To turn on the lights you need the switch

Question 6

Abilities would someone with medial temporal lobe damage like HM be most impaired with

Answer 6

Where you last saw your keys

Question 7

What is being learned novel object recognition vs spatial object recognition

Answer 7

There no difference the animal is learning the perceptual and spatial features at the same time
- SOR you need the hippocampus, NOR you do not need the hippocampus

Question 8

What is being remembered novel object recognition vs spatial object recognition

Answer 8

NOR remember perceptual, SOR remember spatial information. It is possible for them to learn other features as well

Question 9

Prior to conditioning this elicits no response

Answer 9

Conditioned stimulus

Question 10

Contingency refers to

Answer 10

Conditioned stimulus predicts the unconditioned stimulus

Question 11

Pavlovian association

Answer 11

Phone vibrates you have a message

Question 12

The ______ prepares the organism for the expected ______

Answer 12

CR; US

Question 13

Is it possible for a single Pavlovian conditioning session to train both similar and opposing CRs to the same
CS?

Answer 13

Yes, all CR are being learned at the same time, it is not only possible it is required

Question 14

Why is it important for a CR to sometimes be the opposite of the UR?

Answer 14

Threatening survival, CR prepares for the US to counteracting
- decrease heart rate & blood pressure

Question 15

Your roommate’s phone plays Thank U, Next every time they get a text, which is about every 15 seconds.
You don’t notice it anymore, and you didn’t even realize you don’t notice it anymore until another friend
mentioned how annoying it was to her.

Answer 15

Habituation

• US is the song
• no CS

Question 16

You passed by a Starbucks every few days this fall. You really loved the Turkey Gravy Latte this fall and you
got one every time you saw the store. When they first stopped selling them in the new year to make room for
Valentines Beet Tea on the menu, you still really wanted the Turkey Gravy Latte every time you saw the green
sign. But after passing by the logo for 2 weeks without getting the drink, you don’t feel the same urge anymore
when you see the Starbucks symbol

Answer 16

Extinction

• CS is the Starbucks logo
• US is the latte

Question 17

A professor gives supposedly random quizzes in her learning and memory class. They are a little bit
stressful for you. However, you have noticed that every time a video assignment is due, she doesn’t give a
quiz. You feel less stressed about class only on the days when you see a video assignment is due.

Answer 17

Conditioned inhibition

• CS is the video assignment
• US is the lack of quiz

Question 18

A rat is participating in an experiment where a loud tone is paired with a shock for 5 presentations, and he
starts freezing when the tone comes on. He is brought back the next day and the tone is played repeatedly.
Eventually he stops freezing to the tone

Answer 18

Extinction

• CS is the tone
• US is the shock

Question 19

A rat is participating in an experiment where a loud tone is played for 10 presentations. Eventually he stops
being startled every time he hears the tone.

Answer 19

Habituation,

• US is the tone
• no CS

Question 20

What part of the RW equation delta V = alpha * beta (lambda - V) seems to be represented in the dopamine trace?

Answer 20

Lambda - V

- Also know as the prediction error

Question 21

Trace 1

Answer 21

Positive prediction error

- Peaks at end

Question 22

Trace 2

Answer 22

No prediction error

- Peaks in the beginning

Question 23

Trace 3

Answer 23

Negative prediction error

- Peaks at beginning, dips at end

Question 24

You just got a new phone and aren’t used to its ringtones. It makes a weird noise (note to self: put that
on vibrate until you can change the ringer), but when you look at the screen, you see a text notification
from your crush

Answer 24

Trace 1

• CS is weird noise
• US is text from crush

Question 25

You’ve been texting back and forth with your crush for a few hours (and you haven’t been texting with
anyone else.) Your phone buzzes and you check it, seeing a text from your crush.

Answer 25

Trace 2

• CS is buzz
• US is text from crush

Question 26

The next day, you’ve still been texting back and forth with your crush for a few hours Your phone buzzes and you check it, seeing a text from your boss

Answer 26

Trace 3

• CS is buzz
• US is text from crush (didn’t happen)