Quick Quiz Chapter 7

What kind of memory do we use to keep someone's phone number in mind right after we've learned it? a. working memory b. iconic memory c. long-term memory d. sensory memory

a.

For sensory input to make the transition from sensory memory to short-term memory to long-term memory, it must go through which four processing stages? a. encoding, consolidation, storage, and retrieval b. encoding, reconstruction, storage, and retrieval c. encoding, consolidation, storage, and remembering d. encoding, reconstruction, storage, and remembering

a.

Jon was in an automobile accident. It has now been a month since his accident, and he has no recollection of the 2 days after the accident. He suffers from a. anterograde amnesia b. retrograde amnesia c. post-traumatic amnesia d. selective amnesia

a.

One sea slug had frequent and closely-spaced-in-time puffs of air administered to it. Another had frequent puffs but they were not closely spaced. Yet another slug had one puff administered to it. Which one is most likely to remember this aversive event? a. the one with frequent and closely spaced air puffs b. the one with frequent but not closely spaced air puffs c. the one with one air puff d. They all are equally likely to remember the event

a.

CREB is a(n) __________ that switches on genes responsible for the development of new synapses. a. amino acid b. protein c. neurotransmitter d. enzyme

b.

Suppose you met a person who could remember things that happened well before she had surgery but who was now incapable of forming new long-term memories. What part of her brain was most likely affected by the surgery? a. hypothalamus b. hippocampus c. insula d. amygdala

b.

When we actively try to recall information, especially words, from long-term memory, we use the a. occipital cortex b. prefrontal cortex c. parietal cortex d. parahippocampal gyrus

b.

Rehearsal makes memories stick. So does a. drunkenness b. storage c. emotion d. fatigue

c.

Sofia is fluent in Spanish and is now trying to learn French. Much of it comes easy to her, yet she keeps forgetting some French words that are similar to yet different from their Spanish equivalent. The kind of forgetting that Sofia is suffering from is a. amnesia b. retroactive interference c. proactive interference d. blocking

c.

What type of memory allows us to perform skills, such as tying our shoes, automatically once we have mastered them? a. explicit memory b. declarative memory c. procedural memory d. echoic memory

c.

For which of the following is there at least some scientific evidence that it can enhance memory? a. caffeine b. ginkgo biloba c. drugs that enhance the protein CREB d. all of the above

d.

Gwendolyn is 29 years old and is now convinced that she was abused as a child. From the time she was 9 until she was 28, however, she had no recollection of the abuse. Gwendolyn has a. a false memory b. retrograde amnesia c. proactive interference d. a recovered memory

d.

Neurons that________ together,__________together a. grow; sow b. lie; die c. synapse; degrade d. fire; wire

d.

The brief traces of a touch or a smell left bu the firing of neurons in the brain are examples of a. perceptual memory b. long-term potentiation c. implicit memory d. sensory memory

d.

The fact that changing the wording of a question impacts people's recall for events illustrates which kind of forgetting? a. retroactive interference b. tractability c. rephrasing d. suggestibility

d.