Memory & Forgetting

Adolfo is trying to remember his high school chemistry teacher's name, but all he can think of is the name of his current college chemistry professor. What is causing Adolfo’s memory problem?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Anterograde amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

In the animated film Finding Nemo, the fish named Dory suffers from severe memory loss. Although Dory is able to remember her past well, she is unable to transfer new information from STM to LTM and as such cannot form new memories. What caused Dory’s memory problem?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Anterograde amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

Secret agent Jason Bourne suffered a major loss of memory after a severe physical injury. He forgot his past and what occurred before he was hurt. What caused Jason Bourne’s memory problem?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Anterograde amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

Individuals who suffer severe anterograde or retrograde amnesia as a result of damage to their hippocampus still have the ability to use and create new procedural memories. This is due to the fact that these implicit memories are related to a different area of the brain.

Which area of the brain is most associated with procedural memory?

• Temporal lobes

• Frontal lobes

• Cerebellum

• Amygdala

Talle is rereading his notes over and over again right before the test. He repeats the information to prevent the process of _____________________, which would cause him to forget the material.

• Encoding

• Decay

• Retrieval

• Repression

The United States is a representative democracy.

This is an example of ______.

• an implicit memory

• a semantic memory

• an episodic memory

• a procedural memory

Which of the following has limited storage capacity?

• Short Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Sensory Memory

Which of the following is not related to forgetting?

• Retroactive interference
• Repression
• Decay
• Long term potentiation

Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?

• Implicit Memories
• Episodic Memories
• Procedural Memories
• Repressive Memories

Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?

• Sensory Memory
• Short Term Memory
• Working Memory
• Long Term Memory