Exam 9: Memory,attention,emotion,and Executive Functioning

The ability to rapidly learn or re-learn responses in the face changing reward contingencies is mediated by:

Following frontal damage,a patient automatically uses an object presented to him/her.This behavior is an example of a class of behavioral anomalies termed:

____________________,or an inability to sustain attention to an activity,is frequently seen across a number of more generalized neuropsychological disorders.

Which of the following statements is true regarding primary and secondary emotions?

LeDoux maintains that the cortex is not necessary to condition fear,but the ____________________ is crucial.

Working memory is comprised of the ____________________,phonological loop,and the visual-spatial sketchpad.

____________________ refers to a syndrome involving profound apathy,reduced or absent verbal or motor behavior,a sense of emptiness,and indifference to pain,hunger,or thirst.

Which of the following is an example of a secondary emotion?

Primary emotions include pride and anxiety.

Executive function refers to a number of higher-order behaviors.

Mesulam poses that attention to the extrapersonal world is supported by the:

Long-term memory is of ____ capacity.

Anderson (2002)proposes four executive function domains,which include attention control,information processing,cognitive flexibility,and ____________________.

Which of the following neuroanatomical structures are primarily implicated in attention?

Focused attention refers to the ability to see:

Which of the following plays a role in anticipatory responding?

Declarative memory is explicit and accessible to conscious awareness.

Degeneration of the ____________________ and mammillary bodies occurs in Korsakoff's syndrome.

The case of Phineas Gage provided an excellent understanding of the role of the ____ in behavior.

Episodic memory is primarily ____________________ in nature.