Verified Test Bank 3e Marketing Concepts & History Ch.1 - Neurobiology Learning 3e | Test Bank Rudy by Jerry W. Rudy. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Foundations
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 1
1. Nonsense syllables always have hidden meaning.
a. True
b. False
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 2
2. The Ebbinghaus retention curve remains stable for one hour.
a. True
b. False
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3. Learning and Memory are theoretical concepts.
a. True
b. False
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 4
4. Korsakoff’s syndrome can best be described as severe retrograde amnesia.
a. True
b. False
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5. Camillo Golgi would agree with the neuron doctrine.
a. True
b. False
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6. William James was the first person to directly relate memory phenomena to specific brain regions.
a. True
b. False
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7. Learning and memory can never be directly observed.
a. True
b. False
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 8
8. What is the purpose of nonsense syllables?
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 9
9. Briefly, what is Ribot’s Law?
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10. What do the concepts of learning and memory explain?
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11. What is a nonsense syllable?
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12. What is the order of memory loss, according to Ribot?
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13. Korsakoff believed that amnesia could result from what kinds of failure?
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14. Compare the single trace theory to the dual trace theory of forgetting curves.
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15. What did the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve reveal?
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 16
16. What term describes the idea that synapses can be modified by experience?
Feedback: Synaptic plasticity hypothesis.
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 17
17. Why is the psychological approach described as operating at a single level of analysis?
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 18
18. What important insight was implied by Ribot’s hypothesis that memories dissolve in stages?
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Title: Chapter 1 - Question 19
19. Why are learning and memory theoretical concepts?