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Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Memory Systems

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

In which lobe did H.M. have surgery?
A)Frontal.
B)Temporal.
C)Parietal.
D)Occipital.
2

When an individual remembers details from a vacation, what type of memory is used?
A)Implicit.
B)Working.
C)Semantic.
D)Episodic.
3

Which type of memory refers to nonconscious representation of past events?
A)Implicit.
B)Explicit.
C)Semantic.
D)Episodic.
4

Which type of memory is required to utilize a skill?
A)Declarative.
B)Procedural.
C)Semantic.
D)Explicit.
5

The short-lived representation of auditory stimuli is called
A)echoic memory.
B)iconic memory.
C)declarative memory.
D)working memory.
6

What is another name for recent memory?
A)Short-term memory.
B)Working memory.
C)Intermediate-term memory.
D)Long-term memory.
7

What is the first step of the memory subprocesses?
A)Encoding.
B)Storage.
C)Retrieval.
D)Registration.
8

Which type of memory impairment does H.M. have?
A)Global amnesia.
B)Korsakoff's disease.
C)Medial temporal amnesia.
D)Diencephalic amnesia.
9

Which task is most impaired in an individual with a right temporal lobectomy?
A)Remember stories.
B)Recite poems.
C)Delayed word recall.
D)Face recognition.
10

Which of the following structures is associated with Korsakoff's disease?
A)Hippocampus.
B)Thalamus.
C)Amygdala.
D)Entorhinal cortex.
11

What area is implicated in motor learning?
A)Basal ganglia.
B)Hippocampus.
C)Thalamus.
D)Mammillary bodies.
12

Which of the following would NOT be preserved in an amnesic?
A)Classical conditioning.
B)Motor learning.
C)Word recall.
D)Perceptual learning.
13

Who came up with the hypothesis of a perceptual representation system?
A)Milner.
B)Schacter.
C)Korsakoff.
D)Corsi.
14

What type of memory is impaired if an individual cannot identify living things, but can identify manufactured objects?
A)Episodic.
B)Semantic.
C)Working.
D)Implicit.
15

The specialized temporary storage systems in working memory are called
A)icons.
B)registers.
C)engrams.
D)buffers.
16

Who studied working memory via delayed-response tasks and recordings of the principal sulcus in monkeys?
A)Schacter.
B)Goldman-Rakic.
C)Jacobsen.
D)Milner.
17

Which lobe is most involved in working memory?
A)Frontal.
B)Temporal.
C)Parietal.
D)Occipital.
18

Which type of lesions impair classical conditioning?
A)Medial temporal cortex lesions.
B)Parietal lobe lesions.
C)Frontal lobe lesions.
D)Cerebellum lesions.
19

The neural representation of memory is called
A)icon.
B)register.
C)engram.
D)buffer.
20

Who believed that memory is stored equally everywhere in the brain?
A)Squire.
B)Schacter.
C)Milner.
D)Lashley.








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