Question 1

Declarative or explicit memory is knowledge that

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A)  one can access consciously.
B)  one cannot access consciously.
C)  is a form of sensory memory.
D)  is a form of short-term memory.

Question 2

One finding that supports the idea that information in working memory is represented by an acoustic (auditory) code rather than a semantic (meaning-based) code is that when participants are given a list of words to learn and then are immediately tested for recall,

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A)  performance is worse when the list contains items that are similar in meaning.
B)  performance is better when the list contains items that are similar in meaning.
C)  performance is worse when the list contains items that are similar in sound.
D)  performance is better when the list contains items that are similar in sound.

Question 3

In the delayed nonmatching to sample task,animals are taught in a single trial that a specific object is associated with a food reward.When this object is shown again in a subsequent trial in the presence of a new object,the animal

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A)  must select the old object again to receive a food reward.
B)  must select the new item to receive a food reward.
C)  must select first the old item,then the new item,to receive a food reward.
D)  must select first the new item,then the old item,to receive a food reward.

Question 4

During memory retrieval,cortical regions that were important during encoding are reactivated.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Hebbian learning occurs when

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A)  a synapse is strengthened by the synchronous activity of the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons.
B)  a synapse is weakened by the synchronous activity of the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons.
C)  short-term memories represented in the hippocampus are consolidated to the cortex.
D)  short-term memories represented in the cortex are consolidated to the hippocampus.

Question 6

Visual sensory memory is to ________ as auditory sensory memory is to ________.

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A)  iconic memory / echoic memory
B)  partial report / whole report
C)  echoic memory / iconic memory
D)  whole report / partial report

Question 7

A patient visits a neurologist and complains of memory problems like remembering telephone numbers.After a few tests,the neurologist determines that there is a large impairment in the digit span,but no impairment in remembering the past or in forming new memories.Which brain area is the most likely to be impaired?

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A)  The left medial temporal lobe
B)  The right medial temporal lobe
C)  The left perisylvian cortex
D)  The right perisylvian cortex

Question 8

________ memory,according to the modal model of memory,holds a great amount of information,but only for a very brief duration.

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A)  Long-term
B)  Short-term
C)  Working
D)  Sensory

Question 9

Deficits in memory as a function of brain damage,disease,or psychological trauma are known collectively as

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A)  aphasia.
B)  agnosia.
C)  anomia.
D)  amnesia.

Question 10

Describe the Baddeley-Hitch model of working memory.In your answer,provide the names and descriptions for the three major components of the model,along with their likely neurological correlates.

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Question 11

George Miller and other investigators found that humans can hold about ________ items in short-term memory at a time.

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A)  Three plus or minus two.
B)  Five plus or minus two.
C)  Seven plus or minus two.
D)  Nine plus or minus two.

Question 12

Long-term potentiation does NOT occur unless the neurotransmitter ________ is present in the synapse to bind to postsynaptic NMDA receptors.

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A)  GABA
B)  norepinephrine
C)  serotonin
D)  glutamate

Question 13

A 1957 study of patients who had undergone removal of the medial temporal lobe for the treatment of epilepsy suggested that

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A)  the removal of either the right or the left medial temporal lobe results in profound amnesia.
B)  greater amnesia is associated with the removal of the left medial temporal lobe.
C)  greater amnesia is associated with the removal of the right medial temporal lobe.
D)  profound amnesia is associated only with bilateral medial temporal lobe removal.

Question 14

Dopamine is the neurotransmitter most associated with long-term potentiation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Chronic alcohol abuse,coupled with a vitamin-deficient diet,will likely damage what portion of the brain?

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A)  The pituitary
B)  The hippocampus
C)  The mammillary bodies
D)  The basal ganglia

Question 16

Your favorite cartoon character has been struck over the head and can no longer remember his name or where he lives.This is an example of

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A)  anterograde aphasia.
B)  retrograde aphasia.
C)  anterograde amnesia.
D)  retrograde amnesia.

Question 17

It appears that the medial temporal lobes and the diencephalon are important in consolidating explicit long-term memories but are not themselves the storage sites for this knowledge because

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A)  most skills and habits acquired before injury of these structures will remain intact.
B)  only priming and conditioning show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
C)  only nonassociative learning and priming show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
D)  most episodic and semantic memories acquired before injury of these structures will remain intact.

Question 18

Barbara remembers that Madrid is the capital of Spain,but she has no idea when or where she acquired this knowledge.Her ________ memory is accurate,but her ________ memory is incomplete.

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A)  semantic / episodic
B)  nonassociative / semantic
C)  episodic / implicit
D)  explicit / implicit

Question 19

Lesions to the hippocampus typically do not result in profound memory problems unless the lesions also encompass the amygdala.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements concerning types of memory in the modal model of memory is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  At any moment,there is more information in sensory memory than in short-term memory.
B)  Some contents of sensory memory are selected via attention and next processed in long-term memory.
C)  Sensory memory has a briefer duration than short-term memory.
D)  Long-term memory has a longer duration than sensory memory.

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