Memory Quiz

________ is the process of acquiring new information, whereas ________ is the trace that results from

this process and can be revealed at a later time.

• Recall; recognition

• Recognition; recall

• Learning; memory

• Memory; learning

________ refers to the processing of incoming information to be stored.

• Retrieval

• Recall

• Encoding

• Explicit memory

Which brain structure is located in the medial temporal lobe and is of particular importance in the

formation of new long-term memories?

• the hypothalamus

• the colliculus

• the hippocampus

• the caudate

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

collectively as

• aphasia.

• agnosia.

• anomia.

• amnesia.

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

• anterograde aphasia.

• retrograde aphasia.

• anterograde amnesia.

• retrograde amnesia.

After suffering a severe head injury, a patient demonstrates a dense anterograde amnesia. She

• has trouble remembering events that occurred before the injury.

• cannot remember events that occurred after the injury.

• has equal difficulty remembering events that occurred before and after her injury.

• has normal long-term memory but impaired working memory.

The term ________ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the

short-term (maintenance) but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this

store (manipulation).

• working memory

• short-term memory

• sensory memory

• long-term memory

________ memory does NOT affect behavior consciously.

• Nondeclarative

• Declarative

• Episodic

• Explicit

Semantic memory is a kind of declarative memory that concerns events we recall from our own lives.

• True

• False