Question 1

People who engage in confabulation typically have damage to what part of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus 
B)  parietal lobe 
C)  frontal lobe 
D)  medulla 
A)  hippocampus 
B)  parietal lobe 
C)  frontal lobe 
D)  medulla

Question 2

What is the likelihood that best captures the probability that a person will contract Alzheimer's disease if a close relative also has the disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 percent 
B)  10 percent 
C)  40 percent 
D)  75 percent 
A)  1 percent 
B)  10 percent 
C)  40 percent 
D)  75 percent

Question 3

What is one of the primary neurological difficulties in people with multiple sclerosis?

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of neurotransmitters 
B)  neural demyelinization 
C)  neural overexpansion 
D)  central nervous system modalities 
A)  lack of neurotransmitters 
B)  neural demyelinization 
C)  neural overexpansion 
D)  central nervous system modalities

Question 4

Patients with Parkinson's dementia __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have difficulty sequencing information 
B)  often have a great deal of emotional lability Au: Wrong word? 
C)  suffer from anterograde amnesia 
D)  often have very poor episodic memory 
A)  have difficulty sequencing information 
B)  often have a great deal of emotional lability Au: Wrong word? 
C)  suffer from anterograde amnesia 
D)  often have very poor episodic memory

Question 5

When a person experiences phantom limbs it is because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  part of his or her cortex retains memory representations of that limb 
B)  psychologically, there is a need to complete the body as a whole 
C)  there are still neural pathways coming from where the limb used to be 
D)  people have overactive imaginations 
A)  part of his or her cortex retains memory representations of that limb 
B)  psychologically, there is a need to complete the body as a whole 
C)  there are still neural pathways coming from where the limb used to be 
D)  people have overactive imaginations

Question 6

Which of the following types of memory is unaffected by schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory 
B)  episodic recall 
C)  working memory 
D)  semantic retrieval 
A)  short-term memory 
B)  episodic recall 
C)  working memory 
D)  semantic retrieval

Question 7

How does alcohol impact memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It facilitates encoding. 
B)  It retards encoding. 
C)  It speeds retrieval. 
D)  It reverses prior organization and trace structure. 
A)  It facilitates encoding. 
B)  It retards encoding. 
C)  It speeds retrieval. 
D)  It reverses prior organization and trace structure.

Question 8

In what ways can drugs and alcohol be used to improve some types of memory? How practical is this?

Accepted Answer

Drugs and alcohol can potentially improv

Question 9

What is the best way to characterize long-term memory loss in Alzheimer's Disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  graded memory loss 
B)  flat function memory loss 
C)  early memory loss 
D)  reflex memory loss 
A)  graded memory loss 
B)  flat function memory loss 
C)  early memory loss 
D)  reflex memory loss

Question 10

Patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have no difficulty with dual task conditions 
B)  have highly preserved semantic memories 
C)  often produce semantically related intrusions 
D)  are unaware of their condition 
A)  have no difficulty with dual task conditions 
B)  have highly preserved semantic memories 
C)  often produce semantically related intrusions 
D)  are unaware of their condition

Question 11

Short-term memory is affected by anxiety in the sense that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  its capacity is reduced by the inclusion of anxiety-related thoughts 
B)  its capacity is reduced because of a reduction in mental energy 
C)  the central executive begins to shut down 
D)  the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad cannot effectively communicate 
A)  its capacity is reduced by the inclusion of anxiety-related thoughts 
B)  its capacity is reduced because of a reduction in mental energy 
C)  the central executive begins to shut down 
D)  the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad cannot effectively communicate

Question 12

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  pons 
B)  corpus collosum 
C)  caudate nucleus 
D)  occipital lobe
Ed: Same as #17 
A)  pons 
B)  corpus collosum 
C)  caudate nucleus 
D)  occipital lobe
Ed: Same as #17

Question 13

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  pons 
B)  corpus collosum 
C)  basal ganglia 
D)  occipital lobe 
A)  pons 
B)  corpus collosum 
C)  basal ganglia 
D)  occipital lobe

People who engage in confabulation typically have damage to what part of the brain?

What is the likelihood that best captures the probability that a person will contract Alzheimer's disease if a close relative also has the disease?

What is one of the primary neurological difficulties in people with multiple sclerosis?

Patients with Parkinson's dementia __________.

When a person experiences phantom limbs it is because __________.

Which of the following types of memory is unaffected by schizophrenia?

How does alcohol impact memory?

In what ways can drugs and alcohol be used to improve some types of memory? How practical is this?

What is the best way to characterize long-term memory loss in Alzheimer's Disease?

Patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type __________.

Short-term memory is affected by anxiety in the sense that __________.

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

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Exam 17: Other Conditions That Affect Memory

People who engage in confabulation typically have damage to what part of the brain?

What is the likelihood that best captures the probability that a person will contract Alzheimer's disease if a close relative also has the disease?

What is one of the primary neurological difficulties in people with multiple sclerosis?

Patients with Parkinson's dementia __________.

When a person experiences phantom limbs it is because __________.

Which of the following types of memory is unaffected by schizophrenia?

How does alcohol impact memory?

In what ways can drugs and alcohol be used to improve some types of memory? How practical is this?

What is the best way to characterize long-term memory loss in Alzheimer's Disease?

Patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type __________.

Short-term memory is affected by anxiety in the sense that __________.

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Which part of the brain is severely affected in Parkinson's disease?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Filters