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Psych of Learning Quiz 4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
10/15/2013

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lorenz and timburgen theorized that what 3 things were most important to the fixed action pattern?
Definition
energy accumulation (R), vowel release mechanism (V) sign stimulus (Sp)
Term
Lorenz and timburgen won the nobel prize
True or False?
Definition
True
Term
the definition of habituation can be summarized briefly as:
Definition
response to a stimulus decreases with repeated presentation of that stimulus
Term
it has been shown that rats can exhibit sensitization or habituation to the same exact stimulus depending on the conditions of the experiment

True or False?
Definition
True
Term
eric kandel won the nobel prize for his work on:
Definition
LTP (long term potentiation)
Term
one physiological mechanism underlying learning involves changes in morphology or the physical change of:
Definition
dendrite
Term
robinson and bareg suggest that behavioral sensitization is:
Definition
increased response to the conditioned stimulus (CS)
Term
opponent process theory suggests that:
Definition
answer: none of the above
options:
presynaptic and postsynaptic calcium oppose
two brain hemispheres oppose
thalamus and cortex
Term
in place conditioning, the experimental animal is conditioned with:
Definition
one compartment where it receives a UCS (food or drug injection)
second compartment where it receives a neutral stimulus (Cardboard or saline injection)
answer: a & b
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