Memory Problems Quiz

As a result of a serious illness, Brady was temporarily unable to remember any of the events that occurred just before getting sick. What is causing Brady’s memory problem?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Dissociative amnesia

• Transient global amnesia

Wyatt is frustrated because he cannot remember his new locker combination because all he can think of is his old locker combination. What is causing Wyatt’s memory problem?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Memory decay

• Encoding failure

Patient H.M., who had his hippocampus and parts of the surrounding areas of his medial temporal lobes, removed to treat his severe epilepsy. Although the epilepsy was treated, he was no longer able to learn new information or form new memories. What caused patient H.M.’s memory problems?

• Removal of the hippocampus and parts of the medial temporal lobes

• Side effects of epilepsy medication

• Lack of sleep

• Genetic predisposition

What is causing Adolfo’s memory problem when he can only think of his current college chemistry professor's name instead of his high school chemistry teacher's name?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Decay theory

• Encoding failure

After a car accident, an individual finds that although they make a complete recovery, they cannot remember the events leading up to the accident. However, they remember what happened after they arrived at the hospital. What is causing this memory problem?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Dissociative amnesia

• Transient global amnesia

What caused Adaliah’s memory error when she called her new boyfriend by her old boyfriend’s name?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Decay theory

• Encoding failure

Fritz is trying to remember the phone number of his best friend when he was a child whose name was Frieda. Fritz and Frieda were friends when he was ten years old and living in San Diego, California. He wants to get in touch with her, but he cannot remember her phone number. What type of memory issue is this an example of?

• Short-term memory loss

• Long-term memory retrieval failure

• Sensory memory issue

• Working memory problem

Following a serious illness which caused damage to the patient’s hippocampus, they suffered serious permanent side effects, including the inability to create any new long-term memories. This severe condition is known as?

• Anterograde amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

• Transient global amnesia

• Dissociative amnesia

In this condition, individuals experience a loss of memories that occurred before a traumatic event or brain injury or brain illness. The amount of memory lost may be for as short as a few minutes or many years. What is this condition called?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Transient global amnesia

• Dissociative amnesia

In which memory retrieval problem does an individual have a problem recalling newly acquired information because older learning is blocking these memories?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Amnesia

• Decay theory