Neuroscience 6th Edition Test Bank by Purves, Chapters
1-34 | Complete A+ Guide Solution: Questions &
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Anterograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember early experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories - ANSWERD
Retrograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember daily experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories - ANSWERC
Consolidation of memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one - ANSWERA
Retrieval with respect to memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one - ANSWERB
Animals given a drug that blocks the neurotransmitter ______ were not able to
remember the location of a hidden platform in the water memory task.
a. acetylcholine
b. glutamate
c. serotonin
d. dopamine - ANSWERB
The water maze experiment for memory showed that ______.
a. blocking glutamate receptors interferes with memory
b. increasing glutamate receptors interferes with memory
c. blocking glutamate receptors increases memory
d. increasing glutamate receptors increases memory - ANSWERA
How well a list of words is remembered could be predicted from the extent ______
during stimulus presentation.
a. of the evoked responses in the cingulate cortex
b. of activation that occurred in the hippocampus
c. of activation that occurred in the septum
,d. of the evoked responses in the hypothalamus - ANSWERB
Shondra is reading her textbook and trying to memorize specific passages. Most
likely, the greatest neural activity is in her ______.
a. entire hippocampal formation
b. hippocampus
c. cingulate cortex
d. CA1 - ANSWERB
If glutamate-blocking drugs are given after learning a water maze, rats ______.
a. show equal levels of performance but do not remember being in the maze before
b. actually swim the maze faster
c. show a detriment in retrieval
d. are no different from control groups - ANSWERC
Which memory system provides a temporary "register" for information while it is
being used?
a. Working memory
b. Utility memory
c. Sample memory
d. Long term memory - ANSWERA
The longest-lasting memories are located mostly in ______.
a. the right hippocampus
b. the left hippocampus
c. integration between left and right hippocampus areas
d. cortical areas other than the hippocampus - ANSWERD
The reason that hippocampus damage can interfere with forming new memories and
yet not alter childhood memories is ______.
a. long-term memories are stronger and more difficult to disrupt
b. these types of memories are related to two different neurotransmitters within the
hippocampus
c. these types of memories are located in different areas of the brain
d. none of these - ANSWERC
Despite his amnesia, H.M. demonstrated that he still had ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. episodic memory
d. semantic memory - ANSWERB
Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend. You take her to the
doctor, and the doctor says to expect some declarative memory loss. What will your
grandmother have problems with?
a. movement memory
b. memory for facts
, c. skills memory
d. motor memory - ANSWERB
Remembering what dopamine does in the brain is an example of ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. short-term memory
d. dendritic memory - ANSWERA
Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend. You take her to the
doctor, and the doctor says that despite some memory loss, her nondeclarative
memory will be fine. With what form of memory will your grandmother likely NOT
have any deficits?
a. picture memory
b. memory for facts
c. memory for skills
d. memory for events - ANSWERC
Remembering how to get to class every day, although you cannot state the room
number or the name of the building, is an example of ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. short-term memory
d. dendritic memory - ANSWERB
In the movie Groundhog Day, the character played by Bill Murray experiences the
same day over and over again. One of the activities he practices each day is playing
the piano. By the end of the movie, he is able to play piano expertly. Someone with
anterograde amnesia could do the same, but unlike Bill Murray's character, they
would not remember ever practicing. This is because ______ memory is gone, but
______ memory remains intact following hippocampal damage.
a. declarative; nondeclarative
b. nondeclarative; declarative
c. functional; abstract
d. abstract; functional - ANSWERA
In declarative and nondeclarative learning, ______.
a. similar parts of the brain are active
b. different parts of the brain are active
c. random areas of the brain are active
d. only one main area, notably the prefrontal cortex, is active - ANSWERB
Damage to the hippocampus disrupts ______.
a. declarative memory
b. skills memory
c. procedural memory
d. emotional learning - ANSWERA
1-34 | Complete A+ Guide Solution: Questions &
Answers
Anterograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember early experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories - ANSWERD
Retrograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember daily experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories - ANSWERC
Consolidation of memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one - ANSWERA
Retrieval with respect to memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one - ANSWERB
Animals given a drug that blocks the neurotransmitter ______ were not able to
remember the location of a hidden platform in the water memory task.
a. acetylcholine
b. glutamate
c. serotonin
d. dopamine - ANSWERB
The water maze experiment for memory showed that ______.
a. blocking glutamate receptors interferes with memory
b. increasing glutamate receptors interferes with memory
c. blocking glutamate receptors increases memory
d. increasing glutamate receptors increases memory - ANSWERA
How well a list of words is remembered could be predicted from the extent ______
during stimulus presentation.
a. of the evoked responses in the cingulate cortex
b. of activation that occurred in the hippocampus
c. of activation that occurred in the septum
,d. of the evoked responses in the hypothalamus - ANSWERB
Shondra is reading her textbook and trying to memorize specific passages. Most
likely, the greatest neural activity is in her ______.
a. entire hippocampal formation
b. hippocampus
c. cingulate cortex
d. CA1 - ANSWERB
If glutamate-blocking drugs are given after learning a water maze, rats ______.
a. show equal levels of performance but do not remember being in the maze before
b. actually swim the maze faster
c. show a detriment in retrieval
d. are no different from control groups - ANSWERC
Which memory system provides a temporary "register" for information while it is
being used?
a. Working memory
b. Utility memory
c. Sample memory
d. Long term memory - ANSWERA
The longest-lasting memories are located mostly in ______.
a. the right hippocampus
b. the left hippocampus
c. integration between left and right hippocampus areas
d. cortical areas other than the hippocampus - ANSWERD
The reason that hippocampus damage can interfere with forming new memories and
yet not alter childhood memories is ______.
a. long-term memories are stronger and more difficult to disrupt
b. these types of memories are related to two different neurotransmitters within the
hippocampus
c. these types of memories are located in different areas of the brain
d. none of these - ANSWERC
Despite his amnesia, H.M. demonstrated that he still had ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. episodic memory
d. semantic memory - ANSWERB
Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend. You take her to the
doctor, and the doctor says to expect some declarative memory loss. What will your
grandmother have problems with?
a. movement memory
b. memory for facts
, c. skills memory
d. motor memory - ANSWERB
Remembering what dopamine does in the brain is an example of ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. short-term memory
d. dendritic memory - ANSWERA
Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend. You take her to the
doctor, and the doctor says that despite some memory loss, her nondeclarative
memory will be fine. With what form of memory will your grandmother likely NOT
have any deficits?
a. picture memory
b. memory for facts
c. memory for skills
d. memory for events - ANSWERC
Remembering how to get to class every day, although you cannot state the room
number or the name of the building, is an example of ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. short-term memory
d. dendritic memory - ANSWERB
In the movie Groundhog Day, the character played by Bill Murray experiences the
same day over and over again. One of the activities he practices each day is playing
the piano. By the end of the movie, he is able to play piano expertly. Someone with
anterograde amnesia could do the same, but unlike Bill Murray's character, they
would not remember ever practicing. This is because ______ memory is gone, but
______ memory remains intact following hippocampal damage.
a. declarative; nondeclarative
b. nondeclarative; declarative
c. functional; abstract
d. abstract; functional - ANSWERA
In declarative and nondeclarative learning, ______.
a. similar parts of the brain are active
b. different parts of the brain are active
c. random areas of the brain are active
d. only one main area, notably the prefrontal cortex, is active - ANSWERB
Damage to the hippocampus disrupts ______.
a. declarative memory
b. skills memory
c. procedural memory
d. emotional learning - ANSWERA
