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QUESTION 1The __________ Model posits that memory does not involve a number of separate stores but varies along a continuum in terms of depth of encoding.
A.
Three Memory Store
B.
Working Memory
C.
Levels of Processing
D.
Parallel Distributed Processing
1 pointsQUESTION 2Maintenance of a list of words in working memory typically can last up to:A.
1 second
B.
1 hour
C.
30 minutes
D.
30 seconds
1 pointsQUESTION 3Typical performance in the digit span task, which requires maintaining in working memory of a series of digits, is:A.
3 digits
B.
7 digits
C.
17 digits
D.
30 digits
1 pointsQUESTION 4Presence or absence of a target stimulus that is defined by a conjunction of features and does not pop out relative to other elements in the display (e.g. a green circle among green, red, and blue squares and circles) is most likely to:A.
Be performed pre-attentively
B.
Require a serial search
C.
Be performed in parallel
D.
Be performed unconsciously
1 pointsQUESTION 5A client reports to you that she was involved in a car accident, but she has no recollection of the accident itself or events that happened in the hour prior to the accident. This is an instance of:
A.
Retrograde Amnesia
B.
Working Memory Loss
C.
Anterograde Amnesia
D.
Procedural Memory Loss
1 pointsQUESTION 6The condition known as Prosopagnosia describes the following deficit:
A.
Inability to perceive visual stimuli
B.
Inability to recognize faces
C.
Impairment in the comprehension of language
D.
Impairment in the production of language
1 pointsQUESTION 7View a sequence of numbers (e.g. 2-5-0-3-1) and recite it backwards. In order to perform the task, you rely on your:
A.
Semantic Memory
B.
Episodic Memory
C.
Implicit Memory
D.
Working memory
1 pointsQUESTION 8Recent research has shown that fearful memories can be ameliorated by pairing neutral stimuli during the recall of fearful memories. The process relies on:A.
Reconsolidation
B.
Recollection
C.
Storage
D.
Retrieval
1 pointsQUESTION 9Patient H.M. underwent bilateral surgical removal of his medial temporal cortex. What was the nature of the ensuing deficit:A.
Inability to store new implicit memories
B.
Inability to store new episodic memories
C.
Impairment in the sensory store
D.
Impairment in working memory
1 pointsQUESTION 10The time to detect a stimulus that differs in an elemental feature (such as color) from its background and “pops out,” increases linearly with the number of elements in the visual display.TrueFalse1 pointsQUESTION 11Visual object recognition is mediated by neurons in the temporal lobe of the human brain that are activated by specific stimuli, such as objects or faces.
TrueFalse1 pointsQUESTION 12Which of the following types of stimuli is more likely to activate the Parahippocampal Place Area?A.
A picture of a house
B.
The sound of human voice
C.
A picture of a face
D.
The sound of music
1 pointsQUESTION 13A chronically alcoholic patient is developing memory problems characterized by inability to store new declarative memories. This is a case of:A.
Retrograde Amnesia
B.
Working Memory Loss
C.
Anterograde Amnesia
D.
Procedural Memory Loss
1 pointsQUESTION 14Alan Baddeley proposed the existence of a control system that allocates limited resources between subsidiary systems in working memory. The control system is known as:A.
The episodic buffer
B.
The visuo-spatial sketchpad
C.
The phonological loop
D.
The central executive
1 pointsQUESTION 15Functional MRI (fMRI) has been instrumental in elucidating the brain areas activated during the execution of cognitive functions. The basis of the BOLD signal in fMRI is:
A.
Electrical conductance of the surface of the scalp
B.
Radioactivity emitted by a tracer injected prior to imaging
C.
Oxygenated blood flowing to different parts of the brain
D.
Electrical currents by individual neurons
1 pointsQUESTION 16Brain imaging studies reveal activation of the following brain area during tasks that require working memory:A.
The prefrontal cortex
B.
The amygdala
C.
The hippocampus
D.
The medial temporal cortex
1 pointsQUESTION 17Performance in tasks requiring processing capacity (such as a reading span task) is likely to be impaired at age 60 compared to age 20, but performance in world knowledge tasks (such as a synonym vocabulary task) is not:
TrueFalse1 pointsQUESTION 18Being able to play the piano after not having practiced in years relies on the following memory system:A.
Episodic Memory
B.
Non-declarative Memory
C.
Semantic Memory
D.
Declarative Memory
1 pointsQUESTION 19The Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm has been used to study the following aspect of memory:A.
Decay of items held in short term memory
B.
Retroactive Interference for items held in long-term memory
C.
Proactive Interference for items held in long-term memory
D.
False recollection of items that were not presented
1 pointsQUESTION 20Being able to perceive correctly a STOP traffic sign at night, though the letters on the sign are no longer visible and part of the sign is occluded by trees provides an example of ________ perception.A.
Bottom-up
B.
Top-down