In a Conditioned Emotional Response (CER)study,a Tone Is Paired with a Foot

question 93

Multiple Choice

In a conditioned emotional response (CER) study,a tone is paired with a foot shock for a rat.After several trials,the tone alone is a CS that can elicit fear emotional responses.Which of the following is true of the physiology of this fear response?

• A) Damage to the lateral nucleus of the prefrontal cortex impairs CER learning.
• B) Tone-shock pairings rapidly decrease the electrical activity of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala.
• C) Damage to the central nucleus of the amygdala impairs CER learning.
• D) Activation of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala during CER training blocks the formation of the CER.
• E) CER learning is an example of perceptual learning.

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Understand the impact of genetic and environmental factors on intelligence.

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