Chapter 13: Learning and Memory

Chapter 13: Learning and Memory

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

Multiple-Choice Questions

13.1-1. Which of the following was a spared memory ability for Patient H.M. after his brain damage?

1. recall of memories for events prior to 1953
2. recall of events that occurred after 1953
3. ability to learn new information
4. the capacity to form new memories
5. the capacity to transform short-term memories into long-term memories

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 13.1-1

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  Opening Vignette

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. Recall of memories for events prior to 1953

Rationale: A spared memory ability for Patient H.M was his recall of memories for events prior to 1953 (the year of his brain surgery).

13.1-2. Which of the following is true of learning?

1. Learning and memory are synonymous.
2. Memories are related to the electrical activity of the brain.
3. Learning involves the modification of the nervous system by experiences.
4. Experiences are stored in the brain in separate folders, like that of a file cabinet.
5. Learning is possible in the absence of memory.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 13.1-2

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  The Nature of Learning

Skill:    Conceptual

Answer: c. Learning involves the modification of the nervous system by experiences.

Rationale: Learning involves the modification of the nervous system by experiences.

13.1-3. Which of the following is true of learning and memory?

1. Learning can occur in the absence of memory.
2. Memories involve the filing of experiences in the brain.
3. The capacity to learn is of no functional use for an organism.
4. The capacity to learn allows an organism to profit from experience.
5. Experiences alter the electrical activity of the brain but not its physical structure.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 13.1-3

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  The Nature of Learning

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: d. The capacity to learn allows an organism to profit from experience.

Rationale: The capacity to learn allows an organism to profit from experience.

13.1-4. Your ability to recognize a series of photos that you looked at a month ago is an example of

1. extinction.
2. stimulus-response learning.
3. classical conditioning.
4. intermodal learning.
5. perceptual learning.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 13.1-4

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  The Nature of Learning

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: e. perceptual learning.

Rationale: Your ability to recognize a series of photos that you looked at a month ago is an example of perceptual learning.

13.1-5. The primary function of perceptual learning is to

1. identify and categorize objects.
2. make an association between two stimuli.
3. learn to adjust behavior according to its consequences.
4. exhibit a specific behavior in the presence of a specific stimulus.
5. train a sensory system to detect accurately the location of a stimulus.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 13.1-5

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  The Nature of Learning

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. identify and categorize objects.

Rationale: The primary function of perceptual learning is to allow us to identify and categorize objects.

13.1-6. Your ability to recognize a series of tones, such as the opening notes of “The Star Spangled Banner,” is an instance of ________ that likely involves the ________.

1. intermodal learning; corpus callosum
2. perceptual learning; auditory association cortex
3. stimulus-response learning; frontal cortex
4. perceptual learning; visual association cortex
5. musical learning; left hemisphere

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 13.1-6

Page Ref: 435

Topic:  The Nature of Learning

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. perceptual learning; auditory association cortex

Rationale: Your ability to recognize a series of tones, such as the opening notes of “The Star Spangled Banner,” is an instance of perceptual learning that likely involves the auditory association cortex.