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CHap 13
Chap 13
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/09/2008

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What rea the two types of conditioing?
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classical (pav) and operant (skinner)
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What is an engram?

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physical representations of what someone has learned
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who studied engrams?
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Lashley
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What is LIP?
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lateral interpositus nucleus, cells are changed when something is learned
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3 parts or working memory?
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phonological loop, visou spatial sketchpad, central exec
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what are the two types of amnesia?
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retrograde (before accident)

anterograde (after accident)

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WHo is HM?
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had seizures so they took out his hippocampus, lost all short term memory
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What are three tests used for spatial memory?
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london taxiu cab, radial arm, morris water
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what is korskaffs syndrome?
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§  thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency impedes glucose metabolism by brain

loss or shrinkage of neurons
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What is alzhemiers?
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memory disorder in people over 85

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Alzeimers is caused by?
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·         Abnormal form of tau protein, part of intracellular support system of neuronso   Plaques-formed from degenerating neuronso   Tangles- formed from degeneration within cell body
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What is the hebbian synapse?
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critical to associative learning
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Aplysia is what?
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a slug like creature
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what is habituation?
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·         Decrease in response to repeatedly presented stimulus accompanied by no change in other stimuli·         Change in synapse between sensory and motor neurons·         Sensory neurons fail to excite motor neurons as they did previously
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what is sensitization?
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·         Increase on response to mild stimulus as result of previous exposure to more intense stimulus
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What is LTP?
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Long term potentiaion,

·         One or more axons bombard dendrite with stimulation

 
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what is specificty?
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o   Only synapses onto cell that have been highly active become strengthened
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what is cooperativity?
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o   Simultaneous stimulation by two or more axons produces LTP more strongly than does repeated stimulation by a single axon
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what is associtivity?
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o   Pairing weak input with strong input enhances late responses to weak input
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what is LTD?
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long term depression,

·         Prolonged decrease in response at synapse that occurs when axons have been active at low frequency

opposite of LTP
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What are the two receptors in the postsynaptic neuorns associated with LTP?
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AMPA, MDMA
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WHat does AMPA like?
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NA
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What does NMDA like?
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CA, Mg
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Extra MDMA eceptors cause what?
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faster learning
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