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Introduction
Psychology of Learning explores the theoretical and practical aspects of how humans and animals acquire, process, and retain knowledge and skills. The course examines major learning theories, including behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism, highlighting key contributors such as Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura, and Piaget. Students will investigate concepts like classical and operant conditioning, observational learning, cognitive processes, motivation, and memory. Through discussion of both historical and contemporary research, the course cultivates an understanding of how learning occurs in various contexts and its applications in education, therapy, and everyday life.
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Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience 9th Edition by Neil R. Carlson
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Chapter 1: Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience
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Q1) For Descartes,the statues in the royal garden provided a(n)________ for explaining how the mind controls behavior.
A) model
B) analogy
C) generalization
D) prototype
E) syllogism
Answer: A
Q2) . It is simple to convince an animal rights activist that it is ethical to use animals for research purposes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Discuss a role that mutations play in the process of natural selection.
Answer: Mutations may result in a favorable state which will help an organism adapt to its environment.
Q4) Describe Descartes's view of how nerves control muscle activity.
Answer: Descartes viewed nerves as hollow cylinders that carried fluid which could cause muscles to expand and thus move the body.
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Chapter 2: Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System
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Q1) The cell membrane is formed by a single layer of lipid molecules.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The interior of a neuron at rest
A) is positively charged relative to the outside.
B) is at the same voltage potential as the outside.
C) has the same ionic concentrations as the outside.
D) is negatively charged relative to the outside.
E) contains high levels of sodium ions..
Answer: D
Q3) .Contrast local potentials versus action potentials.
Answer: Local potentials are graded in size,degrade with distance and can summate to produce an action potential. Action potentials are fixed in size,do not degrade and cannot summate.
Q4) What would you expect to happen if the enzyme AChE were to be disabled in your body?
Answer: My ACh activity would greatly increase,because AChE normally serves to degrade ACh.Later,this would lead to overstimulation of cholinergic receptors.
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Chapter 3: Structure of the Nervous System
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Q1) Describe the general functions attributed to the hypothalamus.
Answer: The hypothalamus is involved in the control of the pituitary,the sympathetic division of the ANS,and motivated behaviors including feeding,fighting,fleeing,and mating.
Q2) Circulation of CSF begins with formation in the spinal cord and terminates with absorption in the lateral ventricles.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Another term for caudal is
A) inferior.
B) superior.
C) anterior.
D) lateral.
E) posterior.
Answer: E
Q4) Neurogenesis involves genetically programmed cell death.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Psychopharmacology
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Q1) The effective dose 50 (ED50)value for Drug A is 2.0 mg/kg while its lethal dose 50 (LD50)value is 8 mg/kg.Which of the following is true of Drug A?
A) Drug A is ineffective for its intended purpose.
B) Drug A has a therapeutic index of 4.0.
C) Drug A is safe for use in humans.
D) The therapeutic index of Drug A is 0.25.
E) The therapeutic index of Drug A is 25.
Q2) Repeated administration of a constant drug dose typically produces ________,which is defined as a(n)________ effect of the drug.
A) dynamic capacity; increased B) sensitization; reduced C) behavioral inactivation; increased
D) tolerance; reduced E) homeostasis; constant
Q3) Explain why blockade of serotonin reuptake is a common drug strategy for the treatment of certain mental disorders.
Q4) Contrast the location and function of autoreceptors with postsynaptic receptors.
Q5) Explain how nitric oxide exerts an effect on adjacent neurons in the body.
Q6) Describe the major functions of glutamate in neurotransmission.
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Chapter 5: Methods and Strategies of Research
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Q1) A(n)_____ refers to one of several forms of a gene.
A) mutation
B) isoform
C) point-mutation
D) association
E) allele
Q2) Single-unit recordings
A) are made using macroelectrodes placed on the skull surface.
B) represent summated neural activity of many neurons.
C) indicate that serotonergic neuron activity is silent during REM sleep.
D) do not require elaborate amplifiers and equipment.
E) suggest that serotonin-containing neurons excite REM sleep.
Q3) Ablation is the oldest neuroscience procedure.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how a sample brain is processed during the histology process.
Q5) A scanning electron microscope shows better resolution than does an electron microscope.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Vision
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Q1) A sensory receptor is a variant of a A) neuron
B) axon terminal
C) stem cell
D) motor neuron
E) muscle fiber
Q2) Information from the red and green ganglion cells is transmitted through the ________ layers of the LGN to the ________ of the striate cortex.
A) magnocellular; cytochrome oxidase blob regions
B) parvocellular; inter-blob regions
C) magnocellular; inter-blob regions
D) koniocellular; cytochrome oxidase blob regions
E) parvocellular; cytochrome oxidase blob regions
Q3) The inability to perceive or identify a stimulus via a particular sensory modality is A) agnosia.
B) prosopagnosia.
C) insomnia.
D) aphagia.
E) amnesia.
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Chapter 7: Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical
Senses
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Q1) Describe the biological actions by which certain stimuli are able to lower reactivity to pain.
Q2) Cochlear implants mimic place coding so as to restore perception of speech.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The organic senses signal information about stimuli that interact with A) the external surface of the skin.
B) he hair cells of the vestibular sacs.
C) receptors of the muscles.
D) receptors that line the surfaces of internal organs.
E) the wall of the gut.
Q4) The cutaneous senses respond to a number of tactile stimuli.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Low-frequency stimulation of the vestibular sacs would be expected to produce A) dizziness.
B) a state of panic.
C) no definable sensation.
D) nystagmus.
E) nausea.
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Chapter 8: Sleep and Biological Rhythms
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Q1) Noradrenergic agonist drugs produce arousal and decrease sleep.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Caffeine promotes wakefulness because it is a(n)
A) adenosine antagonist.
B) adenosine agonist.
C) GABA antagonist.
D) GABA agonist.
E) norepinephrine antagonist.
Q3) REM sleep facilitates the consolidation of non-declarative memory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The high level of delta waves in normally active brain areas suggests that the primary function of stage 4 of slow-wave sleep is to
A) inhibit motor movements during dreaming.
B) facilitate memory.
C) promote beta-wave activity in the forebrain.
D) rest the brain.
E) redirect blood flow to the genitals.
Q5) Explain why it is said that the brain is active during sleep.
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Chapter 9: Reproductive Behavior
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Q1) A key aspect of the Coolidge effect is that exposure to a novel female
A) fails to elicit sexual satiety.
B) lengthens the sexual refractory period after ejaculation.
C) diminishes the sexual refractory period after ejaculation.
D) elicits motor responses that are incompatible with intromission.
E) reduces the circulating levels of testosterone in the male rat.
Q2) A female rat is ovariectomized and then injected with testosterone immediately after birth.In adulthood,this rat is injected with testosterone and placed in a cage with a receptive female rat.This female rat will
A) show female sexual behaviors.
B) attempt to mount the receptive female.
C) show lordosis to the female rat.
D) show evidence of maternal aggression.
E) show intermale aggression.
Q3) A key difference between rodent and human female sexual behavior is that
A) rats mate during diestrus as a form of birth control.
B) the rat estrous cycle is longer than the human menstrual cycle.
C) rats are capable of mating at any point during the estrous cycle.
D) a female rat can only mate during estrus.
E) a human female requires a progesterone surge for sexual receptivity.
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Chapter 10: Emotion
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Q1) Excessive anger that results in murder may reflect a combination of inadequate activation of the ________ and enhanced activation of the ________.
A) prefrontal cortex; hypothalamus
B) amygdala; prefrontal cortex
C) prefrontal cortex; amygdala
D) cortex; reticular activating system
E) noradrenergic system; serotonergic systems
Q2) Damage to the human amygdala
A) produces intense feelings of fear.
B) impairs the acquisition of a CER.
C) leads to behavioral freeing.
D) impairs the ability to read a map.
E) results in profound depression.
Q3) The text author asserts that ________ have key consequences for survival and reproduction.
A) emotional behaviors
B) moods
C) internal, stirred-up states
D) emotional feelings
E) depressed mood states
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Chapter 11: Ingestive Behavior
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Q1) Reduced levels of leptin in the brain or fewer brain leptin receptors may contribute to obesity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Water loss from the body through evaporation would most likely result in
A) loss of salt from the plasma.
B) a decreased concentration of solute within the interstitial fluid.
C) movement of water out of the cells.
D) a gain of interstitial fluid.
E) hypovolemic thirst but not osmometric thirst.
Q3) Leptin affects food intake,but not metabolism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which pair below are classed as anorexigens?
A) NPY and insulin
B) ghrelin and CART
C) CCK and ghrelin
D) CART and ?-MSH
E) NPY and AGRP
Q5) Describe the four essential components of a regulatory system.
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Chapter 12: Learning and Memory
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Q1) Amnesia for events that occur after some disturbance to the brain is called A) retrograde amnesia.
B) declarative amnesia.
C) Korsakoff's psychosis.
D) procedural amnesia.
E) anterograde amnesia.
Q2) The key function of classical conditioning is to allow an organism to
A) adjust behavior according to its consequences.
B) acquire new physical skills.
C) recognize familiar objects.
D) learn new species-typical behaviors.
E) understand the relationship between stimuli.
Q3) Memory for events and facts that we can think and talk about is referred to as A) Hebbian memory.
B) motor memory.
C) procedural memory.
D) declarative memory.
E) nondeclarative memories.
Q4) Describe the physical changes that occur in the synapses of the hippocampus that may provide a physiological basis for long-term potentiation (LTP).
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Chapter 13: Human Communication
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Q1) The meanings of words are most likely stored in
A) the association cortex.
B) Wernicke's area.
C) the primary auditory cortex.
D) Broca's area.
E) the lateral temporal cortex.
Q2) A person with pure word deafness is unable to A) comprehend speech.
B) read lips.
C) speak.
D) understand non-speech sounds.
E) hear.
Q3) Dyslexia refers to A) faulty reading.
B) a speech impediment.
C) an inability to communicate via sign language.
D) word blindness.
E) poor penmanship.
Q4) Describe the changes in speech production that accompany Broca's aphasia.
Q5) Explain how the emotional content of a verbal message is conveyed to a listener.
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Chapter 14: Neurological Disorders
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Q1) Describe the risk factors for stroke.
Q2) Tay-Sachs disease is characterized by
A) accumulation of waste products within brain neurons.
B) damage to lysosomes contained within neurons.
C) interference with the chemical signals that control normal brain development.
D) faulty migration of cells to the cortex during development.
E) incomplete myelinization.
Q3) Which of the following represents a potential therapy for stroke?
A) drugs that promote inflammatory reactions
B) drugs that inactivate GABA receptors
C) drugs that block glutamate receptors
D) introduction of free radicals into the affected brain region
E) drugs that excite glutamate receptors
Q4) Describe the symptoms and causes of phenylketonuria and Tay-Sachs disease.How are these diseases related to one another?
Q5) A disorder that one is born with is called a congenital disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain what causes neuronal death when the blood supply to a region of the brain is interrupted.
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Chapter 15: Schizophrenia, Affective Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) Which type of drug should be avoided by a person suffering from panic disorder?
A) benzodiazepine agonists
B) tricyclic antidepressants
C) MAO inhibitors
D) ethyl alcohol
E) benzodiazepine antagonists
Q2) Explain why it is believed that panic attacks are thought to have a biological basis.
Q3) Which of the following is true of trichotillomania?
A) It can be treated by ketamine.
B) It involves intense sadness.
C) It is a symptom of depression..
D) It is a compulsive behavior.
E) It is an example of a seasonal disorder.
Q4) A serious problem for the use of lithium in treating mania is that
A) lithium can only be used for short periods of time.
B) the drug can produce a fatal overdose.
C) lithium may not work in up to 50 percent of patients.
D) lithium suppresses normal emotions.
E) lithium is the least effective of the current drugs used to treat mania.
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Chapter 16: Autistic, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity, Stress, and Substance Abuse Disorders
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Q1) Almost every cell of the body contains glucocorticoid receptors.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following strategies would be most likely to prevent the harmful effects of stress without producing harmful side effects?
A) a drug that damages the PVN
B) a drug that increases the release of CRH
C) a drug that partially antagonizes the release of glucocorticoids
D) a drug that inactivates the parasympathetic nervous system
E) a drug that is a potent antagonist of glucocorticoid receptors
Q3) Chronic abuse of methamphetamine reduces the number of dopamine transporters in the caudate nucleus and putamen,which may explain why these addicts
A) are rarely overweight.
B) develop depression while abusing this drug.
C) are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease as they age.
D) move on to "harder" drugs as they get older.
E) are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease as they age.
Q4) Describe the symptoms that comprise autism and assess the potential for treatment.
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