Question 1

Which is the most salient symptom of transient global amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) an inability to perform working memory tasks 
B) strong anterograde amnesia 
C) source monitoring deficits 
D) a failure to use metamemory 
A) an inability to perform working memory tasks 
B) strong anterograde amnesia 
C) source monitoring deficits 
D) a failure to use metamemory B

Question 2

Alzheimer's is associated with lifelong involvement in intellectually challenging activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

In implicit memory tasks, patients with ______ syndrome show normal repetition priming in word fragment completion.

Accepted Answer

amnesic

Question 4

Capgrass syndrome describes an unusual condition in which:

Accepted Answer

A) patients believe that places or locations have been duplicated and that the two locations exist simultaneously. 
B) patients come to believe that other people have been duplicated and that two sets of identical people may exist. 
C) patients no longer have a sense of self. 
D) patient only remember information presented to the right hemisphere. 
A) patients believe that places or locations have been duplicated and that the two locations exist simultaneously. 
B) patients come to believe that other people have been duplicated and that two sets of identical people may exist. 
C) patients no longer have a sense of self. 
D) patient only remember information presented to the right hemisphere.

Question 5

Patient JB has a deficit in the acquisition of new information.However, his intelligence is intact, he is aware of his memory deficit, and he is able to converse coherently.Your diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

A) Korsakoff's syndrome 
B) frontal lobe pathology 
C) amnesic syndrome 
D) Capgrass syndrome 
A) Korsakoff's syndrome 
B) frontal lobe pathology 
C) amnesic syndrome 
D) Capgrass syndrome

Question 6

Medved (2007) interviewed a number of patients with anterograde amnesia with the goal of understanding what it was like to be amnesic.She found that:

Accepted Answer

A) few, if any, amnesiacs are aware of their memory deficits. 
B) amnesiacs seldom understand the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
C) amnesic patients engage in a number of compensatory behaviors to limit the impact of their amnesia in conversations with others. 
D) amnesic patients seldom prefer repetition priming to other methods of eliciting implicit memory. 
A) few, if any, amnesiacs are aware of their memory deficits. 
B) amnesiacs seldom understand the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
C) amnesic patients engage in a number of compensatory behaviors to limit the impact of their amnesia in conversations with others. 
D) amnesic patients seldom prefer repetition priming to other methods of eliciting implicit memory.

Question 7

Which of these is likely to occur in frontal lobe amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) deficits in lexical memory 
B) reduplicative paramnesia 
C) source monitoring failures 
D) opaque sensory deficits 
A) deficits in lexical memory 
B) reduplicative paramnesia 
C) source monitoring failures 
D) opaque sensory deficits

Question 8

Patient DP is a 32-year-old auto accident victim.He has mild amnesia, but his brain damage caused changes in personality including issues with anger and depression.He has a hard time keeping track of his schedule.Because Patient DP has little awareness that his brain damage is causing him trouble, he makes little effort to compensate for his amnesia.Your diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

A) early onset Alzheimer's 
B) amnesic syndrome 
C) implicit memory amnesia 
D) Ffontal lobe amnesia 
A) early onset Alzheimer's 
B) amnesic syndrome 
C) implicit memory amnesia 
D) Ffontal lobe amnesia

Question 9

Retrograde amnesia is seen after concussions because the blow to the head is thought to interfere with which process?

Accepted Answer

A) consolidation 
B) effervescence 
C) post-traumatic reconstruction 
D) amnesic inhibition 
A) consolidation 
B) effervescence 
C) post-traumatic reconstruction 
D) amnesic inhibition

Question 10

Repetition priming means that:

Accepted Answer

A) if an item is repeated enough times it will be encoded even in anterograde amnesiacs. 
B) presentation at an earlier time can affect performance later on that same word, even in anterograde amnesiacs. 
C) priming occurs before presentation of words to amnesiacs. 
D) retrograde amnesia usually precedes anterograde amnesia. 
A) if an item is repeated enough times it will be encoded even in anterograde amnesiacs. 
B) presentation at an earlier time can affect performance later on that same word, even in anterograde amnesiacs. 
C) priming occurs before presentation of words to amnesiacs. 
D) retrograde amnesia usually precedes anterograde amnesia.

Question 11

Which of the following is not seen in Korsakoff's disease?

Accepted Answer

A) anterograde amnesia 
B) retrograde amnesia 
C) confabulation 
D) lexical memory deficits 
A) anterograde amnesia 
B) retrograde amnesia 
C) confabulation 
D) lexical memory deficits

Question 12

Anterograde amnesia refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) deficits in remembering events from the past. 
B) deficits in working memory tasks. 
C) an inability to form new memories. 
D) the release of proactive inhibition. 
A) deficits in remembering events from the past. 
B) deficits in working memory tasks. 
C) an inability to form new memories. 
D) the release of proactive inhibition.

Question 13

Explain Ribot's Law.

Accepted Answer

Newer memories will

Question 14

ECT (electroconvulsive shock therapy) is used to treat severe depression.It recreates the symptoms of Korsakoff's disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Reduplicative paramnesia describes an unusual condition in which:

Accepted Answer

A) patients believe that places or locations have been duplicated and that the two locations exist simultaneously. 
B) patients come to believe that other people have been duplicated and that two sets of identical people may exist. 
C) patients no longer have a sense of self. 
D) patient only remember information presented to the right hemisphere. 
A) patients believe that places or locations have been duplicated and that the two locations exist simultaneously. 
B) patients come to believe that other people have been duplicated and that two sets of identical people may exist. 
C) patients no longer have a sense of self. 
D) patient only remember information presented to the right hemisphere.

Question 16

Explain Transient global amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A rare form of amnes

Question 17

Korsakoff's disease results from:

Accepted Answer

A) damage induced by hypoxia. 
B) damage induced by closed-head injuries. 
C) genetic abnormalities. 
D) a vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency. 
A) damage induced by hypoxia. 
B) damage induced by closed-head injuries. 
C) genetic abnormalities. 
D) a vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency.

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Ribot's law means that new memories are copied by older memories. 
B) Ribot's law means the newer memories will be more affected by retrograde amnesia than older memories. 
C) Ribot's law implies that not all people can suffer from amnesia. 
D) Ribot's law means that retrograde amnesia will affect memories equally across the lifespan. 
A) Ribot's law means that new memories are copied by older memories. 
B) Ribot's law means the newer memories will be more affected by retrograde amnesia than older memories. 
C) Ribot's law implies that not all people can suffer from amnesia. 
D) Ribot's law means that retrograde amnesia will affect memories equally across the lifespan.

Question 19

The papillary mass area of the brain is associated with anterograde amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Dissociative amnesia refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) when only the traumatic event or events closely related to that trauma are not remembered. 
B) when the patient forgets his or her personal identity in addition to access to their autobiographical past. 
C) when the patient shows dissociations between explicit and implicit memory. 
D) a rare form of reduplicative paramnesia. 
A) when only the traumatic event or events closely related to that trauma are not remembered. 
B) when the patient forgets his or her personal identity in addition to access to their autobiographical past. 
C) when the patient shows dissociations between explicit and implicit memory. 
D) a rare form of reduplicative paramnesia.

Which is the most salient symptom of transient global amnesia?

Alzheimer's is associated with lifelong involvement in intellectually challenging activities.

In implicit memory tasks, patients with ______ syndrome show normal repetition priming in word fragment completion.

Capgrass syndrome describes an unusual condition in which:

Patient JB has a deficit in the acquisition of new information.However, his intelligence is intact, he is aware of his memory deficit, and he is able to converse coherently.Your diagnosis?

Medved (2007) interviewed a number of patients with anterograde amnesia with the goal of understanding what it was like to be amnesic.She found that:

Which of these is likely to occur in frontal lobe amnesia?

Retrograde amnesia is seen after concussions because the blow to the head is thought to interfere with which process?

Repetition priming means that:

Which of the following is not seen in Korsakoff's disease?

Anterograde amnesia refers to:

Explain Ribot's Law.

ECT (electroconvulsive shock therapy) is used to treat severe depression.It recreates the symptoms of Korsakoff's disease.

Reduplicative paramnesia describes an unusual condition in which:

Explain Transient global amnesia.

Korsakoff's disease results from:

Which of the following statements is true?

The papillary mass area of the brain is associated with anterograde amnesia.

Dissociative amnesia refers to:

Introduction to the Study of Memory

Memory and the Brain

Working Memory

Episodic Memory

Semantic Memory

Visual Memory

Autobiographical Memory

False Memory

Metamemory

Memory in Childhood

Memory in Older Adults

Memory Improvement and Learning Efficiency

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Exam 10: Memory Disorders

Which is the most salient symptom of transient global amnesia?

Alzheimer's is associated with lifelong involvement in intellectually challenging activities.

In implicit memory tasks, patients with ______ syndrome show normal repetition priming in word fragment completion.

Capgrass syndrome describes an unusual condition in which:

Patient JB has a deficit in the acquisition of new information.However, his intelligence is intact, he is aware of his memory deficit, and he is able to converse coherently.Your diagnosis?

Medved (2007) interviewed a number of patients with anterograde amnesia with the goal of understanding what it was like to be amnesic.She found that:

Which of these is likely to occur in frontal lobe amnesia?

Retrograde amnesia is seen after concussions because the blow to the head is thought to interfere with which process?

Repetition priming means that:

Which of the following is not seen in Korsakoff's disease?

Anterograde amnesia refers to:

Explain Ribot's Law.

ECT (electroconvulsive shock therapy) is used to treat severe depression.It recreates the symptoms of Korsakoff's disease.

Reduplicative paramnesia describes an unusual condition in which:

Explain Transient global amnesia.

Korsakoff's disease results from:

Which of the following statements is true?

The papillary mass area of the brain is associated with anterograde amnesia.

Dissociative amnesia refers to:

Introduction to the Study of Memory

Memory and the Brain

Working Memory

Episodic Memory

Semantic Memory

Visual Memory

Autobiographical Memory

False Memory

Metamemory

Memory in Childhood

Memory in Older Adults

Memory Improvement and Learning Efficiency

Filters