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Electrical stimulation of the brain is technically called ________.


A) peripheral nerve and field stimulation
B) transcranial direct current stimulation
C) transcranial magnetic stimulation
D) cortical stimulation

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Boris is approaching his seventieth birthday. He suffers from a condition where his memories steadily deteriorate. He cannot recall major events in his life, such as the marriage of his son and his wife's death. Boris's symptoms are characteristic of ________.


A) Alzheimer's disease
B) long-term memory
C) Parkinson's disease
D) posttraumatic stress disorder

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________ is the ability to take in, solidify, store, and then use information.


A) Memory
B) Amnesia
C) Retrieval
D) Schema

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Jenna, a 30-year-old, had perfect recall of every date she had ever been out on and the things she had done during those dates. Her memory is not better than most people at recall after short periods of time, but after a month of a personal event, her accuracy and detail of recall are remarkable and far surpass most people. When follow-ups were done, her memories were intact at the 1-year and 10-year follow-ups. This indicated that Jenna has an exceptional ________.


A) implicit priming memory
B) implicit procedural memory
C) explicit episodic memory
D) explicit semantic memory

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________ are networks of nerve cells that persist even after stimulation has stopped.


A) Cell assemblies
B) Olfactory neurons
C) Glial cells
D) Feature detectors

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In the context of memory formation, which of the following statements is true of an associative network?


A) An associative network generally stores nondeclarative memories that cannot be consciously accessed.
B) The closer concepts in an associative network are to each other, the more directly related they are.
C) An associative network simulates the reaction of the sensory network in the human body to external stimuli.
D) Each node of an associative network is an information-processing unit.

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In the context of memory distortion, when is an individual most prone to having his or her memories modified through suggestibility?


A) When the individual sleeps right after experiencing an event
B) In the interval between an experi­ence and the time he or she is asked to recall it
C) Several years after the individual has had an experience, processed it, and committed to long-term memory
D) When the individual has a significant emotional reaction to an event

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Mahmud remembers riding a horse at a fair when he was a little boy. He remembers how it felt to hold on to the horse's mane as it galloped around. However, this incident never happened. His brother, Salim, is the one who rode the horse. Salim has told the story so many times that Mahmud has developed an elaborate memory of having ridden the horse himself. In this scenario, Mahmud's recollection of an experience he has never had is an example of ________.


A) the misinformation effect
B) interference
C) a false memory
D) a recovered memory

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As part of his theory of how neural connections form and how synaptic connections change, Donald Hebb suggested that ________.


A) neurons that fire together, wire together
B) when the synapse of one neuron repeatedly fires and excites another neuron, there is a temporary change in the receiving neuron
C) the more connected neurons fire, the weaker their bonds become
D) neurons can retain their functions over long periods even when they are not regularly used

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Sierra is 65 years old. She can vividly recall a certain event that took place when she was five years old. It was the day her father had come home for the first time in two years. She remembers running toward him as he walked in through the door wearing army overalls. Though this memory is from long ago, this image of her father is very strong in her mind. In the context of memory formation, Sierra's memory of her father can best be categorized as a(n) ________.


A) flashbulb memory
B) false memory
C) semantic memory
D) implicit memory

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In the context of word-recall studies, ________ is the deepest level of processing.


A) phonemic processing
B) automatic processing
C) semantic processing
D) structural processing

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Which of the following senses lacks its own processing regions?


A) Vision
B) Taste
C) Sound
D) Touch

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In the context of the serial position effect, the recall for items at the end of a list is known as the ________.


A) primacy effect
B) phonological loop
C) recency effect
D) forgetting curve

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In the late 19th century, Mary Whiton Calkins observed an interesting phenomenon of short-term memory called ________.


A) the reminiscence bump
B) free recall
C) the serial position effect
D) the law of primacy

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The most solid evidence of the effects of herbs on memory suggests that the ground-up leaves of the ________ tree can be moderately effective in delaying symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.


A) ginkgo biloba
B) echinacea
C) St. John's wort
D) portulaca oleracea

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Which of the following is true about effortful processing?


A) It is the basis of semantic memory.
B) Experiences stored with the help of effortful processing are less likely to be recalled later.
C) It happens with little effort or conscious attention to the task.
D) Episodic memory involves effortful processing.

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Rodney loses his glasses. He searches for them everywhere, but he cannot find them. Later, when he glances into a mirror as he walks by, he realizes that he had been wearing his glasses all along. Rodney's forgetfulness can be termed ________.


A) absent-mindedness
B) anterograde amnesia
C) retrograde amnesia
D) repression

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In the same evening, Keith first studied for his sociology exam and then for his psychology exam. When it was time for him to take his sociology exam, all he could remember was psychology material. Keith's forgetting is an example of ________.


A) anterograde amnesia
B) retroactive interference
C) proactive interference
D) retrograde amnesia

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In the context of memory and the brain, identify an accurate statement about how prescription stimulants affect memory.


A) Higher doses of prescription stimulants can actually interfere with and block memory formation.
B) Studies show that prescription stimulants dramatically improve short-term memory and retention.
C) Prescription stimulants that can effectively treat Alzheimer's disease are several years away from being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) .
D) Prescription drugs that enhance sleep have been shown to be effective at dampening traumatic memories.

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When George was asked the value of pi in his math class, he started thinking what he had learned. To remember this fact, George is relying on his ________.


A) explicit episodic memory
B) implicit procedural memory
C) implicit priming memory
D) explicit semantic memory

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