You Are Conducting an Informal Study in Which,for a Month,you

question 172

Multiple Choice

You are conducting an informal study in which,for a month,you play a particular song just before you serve dinner to your best friend.Eventually,you play just the song to see what will happen,and your friend begins to salivate and says that she has hunger pains.In this scenario,what is the unconditioned response?

• A) salivation in response to food
• B) salivation in response to the song
• C) hunger pains in response to the song
• D) salivation to either the food or the song

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Definitions:

Place Cells

Hippocampal neurons maximally responsive to specific locations in the world.

Head Direction Cells

Neurons located in several brain regions that increase their firing rates when an animal's head points in a specific direction, aiding in spatial orientation and navigation.

Orientation Cells

Neurons in the visual cortex of the brain that respond preferentially to objects of specific orientations, such as vertical or horizontal.

Visuospatial Memory

The ability to remember and recall information about the spatial relationships among objects and visual features in one's environment.