Question 1

Declarative memory is:

Accepted Answer

A) Movement memory 
B) Memory for facts 
C) Skills memory 
D) Motor memory 
A) Movement memory 
B) Memory for facts 
C) Skills memory 
D) Motor memory

Question 2

The Alzheimer's Association predicts that the number of people with Alzheimer's disease will increase by 350% by 2050.Why?

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased food supply and therefore higher stress-related cases 
B) Increase in toxins in the air and groundwater that will trigger abnormal protein deposits 
C) Aging of the baby boomers 
D) Global warming creating more tissue damage 
A) Decreased food supply and therefore higher stress-related cases 
B) Increase in toxins in the air and groundwater that will trigger abnormal protein deposits 
C) Aging of the baby boomers 
D) Global warming creating more tissue damage

Question 3

To produce the greatest amounts of long-term potentiation,hippocampal stimulation should coincide with the:

Accepted Answer

A) Peak of the theta wave 
B) Trough of the theta wave 
C) Peak of the alpha wave 
D) Trough of the alpha wave 
A) Peak of the theta wave 
B) Trough of the theta wave 
C) Peak of the alpha wave 
D) Trough of the alpha wave

Question 4

Long-term potentiation involves:

Accepted Answer

A) Inhibition of a neuron 
B) Synaptic strengthening following repeated stimulation 
C) Increasing threshold to initiate a neural response 
D) At least one complex path of neurons 
A) Inhibition of a neuron 
B) Synaptic strengthening following repeated stimulation 
C) Increasing threshold to initiate a neural response 
D) At least one complex path of neurons

Question 5

Anterograde amnesia is an inability to:

Accepted Answer

A) Remember early experiences 
B) Remember events from the middle of life 
C) Remember events prior to the impairment 
D) Form new memories 
A) Remember early experiences 
B) Remember events from the middle of life 
C) Remember events prior to the impairment 
D) Form new memories

Question 6

Confabulation is intentional deception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Declarative memory is:

The Alzheimer's Association predicts that the number of people with Alzheimer's disease will increase by 350% by 2050.Why?

To produce the greatest amounts of long-term potentiation,hippocampal stimulation should coincide with the:

Long-term potentiation involves:

Anterograde amnesia is an inability to:

Confabulation is intentional deception.

What is Biopsychology?

Communication Within the Nervous System

The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

The Methods and Ethics of Research

Drugs, Addiction, and Reward

Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

The Biology of Sex and Gender

Emotion and Health

Hearing and Language

Vision and Visual Perception

The Body Senses and Movement

Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning

Psychological Disorders

Sleep and Consciousness

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Exam 12: Learning and Memory

Declarative memory is:

The Alzheimer's Association predicts that the number of people with Alzheimer's disease will increase by 350% by 2050.Why?

To produce the greatest amounts of long-term potentiation,hippocampal stimulation should coincide with the:

Long-term potentiation involves:

Anterograde amnesia is an inability to:

Confabulation is intentional deception.

What is Biopsychology?

Communication Within the Nervous System

The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

The Methods and Ethics of Research

Drugs, Addiction, and Reward

Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

The Biology of Sex and Gender

Emotion and Health

Hearing and Language

Vision and Visual Perception

The Body Senses and Movement

Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning

Psychological Disorders

Sleep and Consciousness

Filters