Forgetting and Other Memory Problems Quiz

What is the psychological term for the condition where a person experiences difficulty in forming new memories after a brain injury or trauma?

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Retroactive Interference

• Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon

Which memory disorder, often associated with old age, is characterized by progressive memory loss, confusion, and changes in behavior?

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Name-Recall Difficulty

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Retroactive Interference

What is the term for forgetting that occurs due to interference from new information learned after the original information was learned?

• Source Amnesia

• Retroactive Interference

• Name-Recall Difficulty

• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Which type of memory is responsible for the temporary storage of information we hold in mind, such as a phone number we just looked up?

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Short-Term Memory

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Hippocampus

Which part of the brain is mainly responsible for helping you remember things?

• Cerebellum

• Cerebral Cortex

• Thalamus

• Hippocampus

What’s the term for when you can’t remember something, but it’s on the "tip of your tongue"?

• Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

• Short-term memory loss

• Alzheimers Disease

• Long-term memory loss

Which type of memory is responsible for remembering things from the past, like your childhood or past vacations?

• Hippocampus

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

• Selective memory