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1
Several processes account for memory failures; decay is
A)the loss of information through nonuse.
B)the erasure of engrams.
C)information in memory disrupting the recall of other information.
D)none of these.
2
Fugetza Lot cannot remember her boyfriend's grandmother's name because there are insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information that is in her memory. This is an example of
A)decay.
B)cue-dependent forgetting.
C)proactive interference.
D)retroactive interference.
3
You may not remember your old phone number after you have moved to another state because your new number has replaced it. This is caused by
A)retrograde amnesia.
B)retroactive interference.
C)source amnesia.
D)proactive interference.
4
The ____________, a part of the brain's limbic system, plays a central role in the consolidation of memories and aids in the initial encoding of information.
A)hypothalamus
B)cerebellum
C)hippocampus
D)thalamus
5
A loss of memory that occurs for events that follow an injury is called
A)Alzheimer's disease.
B)Korskafoff's syndrome.
C)retrograde amnesia.
D)anterograde amnesia.





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