Quiz 1-5 Flashcards
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?
Sensitization
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.
c) After sitting on a cold bench for 15 minutes, you don’t feel how cold it is anymore.
Dual Process Theory
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Episodic Memory
Concern specific events that happened at a specific location
Perceptual Learning
To turn on the lights you need the switch
Abilities would someone with medial temporal lobe damage like HM be most impaired with
Where you last saw your keys
What is being learned novel object recognition vs spatial object recognition
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
What is being remembered novel object recognition vs spatial object recognition
NOR remember perceptual, SOR remember spatial information. It is possible for them to learn other features as well
Prior to conditioning this elicits no response
Conditioned stimulus
Contingency refers to
Conditioned stimulus predicts the unconditioned stimulus
Pavlovian association
Phone vibrates you have a message
The ______ prepares the organism for the expected ______
CR; US
Is it possible for a single Pavlovian conditioning session to train both similar and opposing CRs to the same
CS?
Yes, all CR are being learned at the same time, it is not only possible it is required
Why is it important for a CR to sometimes be the opposite of the UR?
Threatening survival, CR prepares for the US to counteracting
- decrease heart rate & blood pressure
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.
Habituation
- US is the song
- no CS
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
Extinction
- CS is the Starbucks logo
- US is the latte
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.
Conditioned inhibition
- CS is the video assignment
- US is the lack of quiz
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
Extinction
- CS is the tone
- US is the shock
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.
Habituation,
- US is the tone
- no CS
What part of the RW equation delta V = alpha * beta (lambda - V) seems to be represented in the dopamine trace?
Lambda - V
- Also know as the prediction error
Trace 1
Positive prediction error
- Peaks at end
Trace 2
No prediction error
- Peaks in the beginning
Trace 3
Negative prediction error
- Peaks at beginning, dips at end
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
Trace 1
- CS is weird noise
- US is text from crush
