Question 1

Recalling an old password and holding it in working memory would be most likely to activate the
A) right frontal lobe.
B) left frontal lobe.
C) right cerebellum.
D) left cerebellum.

Accepted Answer

The left frontal lobe is associated with tasks involving working memory and the retrieval of memories, including verbal and semantic tasks, which would likely be involved in recalling an old password.

Question 2

A good night's sleep is most likely to improve exam grades by supporting the process of
A) priming.
B) encoding specificity.
C) memory consolidation.
D) mood-congruent memory.

Accepted Answer

A good night's sleep is most likely to improve exam grades by supporting the process of memory consolidation. During sleep, memories are consolidated and integrated, enhancing retention and recall of information learned during the day. Priming and encoding specificity are important for memory formation, but not necessarily influenced solely by sleep. Mood-congruent memory refers to the phenomenon where individuals are more likely to remember information that is consistent with their current emotional state, but sleep does not play a significant role in this process.

Question 3

Which part of the brain plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning?
A) hippocampus
B) cerebellum
C) hypothalamus
D) amygdala

Accepted Answer

The cerebellum plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning, particularly those involving motor skills and movements. The hippocampus, hypothalamus, and amygdala are all involved in different aspects of memory processing, but they do not play a central role in classical conditioning.

Question 4

After recovering from a stroke,Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball.She is unable,however,to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing.Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her
A) cerebellum.
B) hypothalamus.
C) basal ganglia.
D) hippocampus.

Accepted Answer

The hippocampus is responsible for forming and consolidating new memories, so Farina's difficulty in remembering her rehabilitation therapist's name suggests damage to this area. The cerebellum, hypothalamus, and basal ganglia are not specifically related to memory formation in the same way as the hippocampus.

Question 5

Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located.This best illustrates the importance of
A) the encoding specificity principle.
B) state-dependent memory.
C) memory consolidation.
D) the serial position effect.

Accepted Answer

Memory consolidation refers to the process by which memories become more stable and are transferred from short-term to long-term memory storage. Removing the rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of food does not prevent the formation of a long-term memory, indicating that the memory has already been consolidated.

Question 6

Recalling information and holding it in working memory requires that many brain regions send input to your
A) basal ganglia.
B) hypothalamus.
C) frontal lobes.
D) cerebellum.

Accepted Answer

The frontal lobes are involved in working memory and are responsible for holding and manipulating information for short periods of time. Other brain regions such as the parietal lobes and the hippocampus also contribute to working memory, but the frontal lobes are considered the most essential for this function. The basal ganglia are involved in motor control and learning, the hypothalamus is involved in regulating basic bodily functions, and the cerebellum is involved in motor coordination and learning.

Question 7

During the day,Bekah learned a lot of information about World War II.During her sleep that night,memories of this history were transferred from her hippocampus to areas within her brain's cortex.This transfer best illustrates
A) working memory.
B) the spacing effect.
C) episodic memory.
D) memory consolidation.

Accepted Answer

The transfer of memories from the hippocampus to the cortex during sleep is known as memory consolidation. This process is necessary for the long-term storage of memories. Choices A, B, and C do not accurately describe this process.

Question 8

The basal ganglia most clearly facilitate the processing of
A) procedural memories.
B) explicit memories.
C) mood-congruent memories.
D) flashbulb memories.

Accepted Answer

The basal ganglia is a group of structures in the brain that are responsible for a variety of functions, including the facilitation of procedural memories. This type of memory involves knowing how to do something, like riding a bike or tying a shoe, and is different from explicit memories, which are conscious and involve facts and events. The basal ganglia helps to facilitate the learning and execution of these procedural memories. Therefore, option A is correct. The other options, such as mood-congruent memories and flashbulb memories, are not primarily influenced by the basal ganglia.

Question 9

Recalling the stunning visual images of a Broadway musical and holding them in working memory would most clearly require activation of the
A) basal ganglia
B) right frontal lobe.
C) cerebellum.
D) amygdala

Accepted Answer

The right frontal lobe plays a key role in visual and spatial working memory. Holding visual images of a musical in working memory requires this type of memory processing, thus indicating activation of the right frontal lobe. The basal ganglia are involved in movement and learning; the cerebellum in coordinating movement and balance; and the amygdala in fear and emotion processing, none of which are as directly related to visual working memory.

Question 10

Chickadees and other birds who store food in hundreds of places cannot remember the food storage locations months later if their ________ has been removed.
A) amygdala
B) basal ganglia
C) hippocampus
D) cerebellum

Accepted Answer

The hippocampus is responsible for spatial memory and is crucial for the ability to remember locations. The amygdala is responsible for emotions and memory consolidation, but not specifically for spatial memory. The basal ganglia plays a role in motor control and learning, but not in memory storage. The cerebellum is responsible for motor coordination and learning, but not for spatial memory.

Question 11

Consciously recalling an event that you experienced during your last year of high school best illustrates
A) procedural memory.
B) episodic memory.
C) context-dependent memory.
D) semantic memory.

Accepted Answer

Episodic memory involves recalling personal experiences and events, such as specific events from high school. Procedural memory refers to remembering how to perform a particular skill or task, context-dependent memory involves remembering information better in the same context in which it was learned, and semantic memory refers to remembering general knowledge and facts.

Question 12

The process in which memories registered in the hippocampus are transferred for long-term storage to other regions of the brain illustrates
A) priming.
B) memory consolidation.
C) the serial position effect.
D) the encoding specificity principle.

Accepted Answer

The process described is memory consolidation, which refers to the transfer of memories from short-term storage to long-term storage.

Question 13

Damage to the hippocampus would most likely interfere with a person's ability to learn
A) to ride a bike.
B) to eat with a fork.
C) a classically conditioned fear response.
D) the names of newly introduced people.

Accepted Answer

The hippocampus is critical for forming new memories and consolidating them into long-term memory. Learning new information, such as the names of newly introduced people, would require the hippocampus. Therefore, damage to the hippocampus would most likely interfere with a person's ability to learn new information. Riding a bike and eating with a fork are skills that are typically acquired through procedural memory and are not believed to involve the hippocampus. Classical conditioning of fear responses involves the amygdala, not primarily the hippocampus.

Question 14

Researchers have found that rabbits fail to learn a conditioned eyeblink response when the function of different pathways in their ________ is surgically disrupted.
A) hypothalamus
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) cerebellum

Accepted Answer

The conditioned eyeblink response is a form of classical conditioning that involves the cerebellum, so disrupting pathways in the cerebellum would prevent rabbits from learning this response.

Question 15

A good night's sleep improves recall of the previous day's events by facilitating the transfer of memories from the
A) amygdala to the hippocampus.
B) hippocampus to the cerebral cortex.
C) cerebral cortex to the basal ganglia.
D) basal ganglia to the cerebellum.

Accepted Answer

The transfer of memories from the hippocampus to the cerebral cortex is necessary for long-term memory consolidation, which is improved by a good night's sleep. The amygdala is involved in emotional processing but not in long-term memory storage. The basal ganglia are involved in procedural memory, such as learning motor skills, but not in the recall of episodic memories. The cerebellum is involved in motor coordination and balance, but not in memory storage or retrieval.

Question 16

Memory consolidation refers to the neural ________ of a long-term memory.
A) encoding
B) priming
C) retrieval
D) storage

Accepted Answer

Memory consolidation refers to the process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory storage. Therefore, the best choice is D) storage.

Question 17

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with a person's memory of how to play the piano.
A) hippocampus
B) amygdala
C) hypothalamus
D) basal ganglia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Damage to the ________ would most likely...

Question 18

Cerebellum is to ________ memory as hippocampus is to ________ memory.
A) working;long-term
B) long-term;working
C) implicit;explicit
D) explicit;implicit

Accepted Answer

The cerebellum is primarily associated with implicit memory, which involves skills and conditioned responses, while the hippocampus is crucial for explicit memory, which involves the conscious recall of information such as facts and events.

Question 19

Which neural center in the limbic system helps process explicit memories for storage?
A) hypothalamus
B) basal ganglia
C) cerebellum
D) hippocampus

Accepted Answer

The hippocampus is responsible for processing and consolidating explicit memories (memories that can be consciously recalled), and is a key neural center in the limbic system for memory formation. The hypothalamus is involved in regulating basic physiological functions such as hunger and thirst, as well as the stress response. The basal ganglia are involved in controlling movement and procedural learning. The cerebellum is involved in coordinating movement and balance, as well as some forms of motor learning.

Question 20

Damage to the ________ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal information.Damage to the ________ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned visual designs.
A) right hippocampus;left hippocampus
B) left hippocampus;right hippocampus
C) right cerebellum;left cerebellum
D) left cerebellum;right cerebellum

Accepted Answer

The left hippocampus is more involved in verbal memory, while the right hippocampus is more involved in memory for visual and spatial information. Therefore, damage to the left hippocampus would interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal information, and damage to the right hippocampus would interfere with explicit memories of newly learned visual designs.

Quiz 24: Introduction to Memory

Recalling an old password and holding it in working memory would be most likely to activate the

A good night's sleep is most likely to improve exam grades by supporting the process of

Which part of the brain plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning?

After recovering from a stroke,Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball.She is unable,however,to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing.Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her

Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located.This best illustrates the importance of

Recalling information and holding it in working memory requires that many brain regions send input to your

During the day,Bekah learned a lot of information about World War II.During her sleep that night,memories of this history were transferred from her hippocampus to areas within her brain's cortex.This transfer best illustrates

The basal ganglia most clearly facilitate the processing of

Recalling the stunning visual images of a Broadway musical and holding them in working memory would most clearly require activation of the

Chickadees and other birds who store food in hundreds of places cannot remember the food storage locations months later if their ________ has been removed.

Consciously recalling an event that you experienced during your last year of high school best illustrates

The process in which memories registered in the hippocampus are transferred for long-term storage to other regions of the brain illustrates

Damage to the hippocampus would most likely interfere with a person's ability to learn

Researchers have found that rabbits fail to learn a conditioned eyeblink response when the function of different pathways in their ________ is surgically disrupted.

A good night's sleep improves recall of the previous day's events by facilitating the transfer of memories from the

Memory consolidation refers to the neural ________ of a long-term memory.

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with a person's memory of how to play the piano.

Cerebellum is to memory as hippocampus is to memory.

Which neural center in the limbic system helps process explicit memories for storage?

Damage to the is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal information.Damage to the is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned visual designs.