Deck 7: Memory

Question 1

Which area of the brain, when stimulated, seems to produce 'flashbacks' to childhood?

A) Frontal lobes
B) Hippocampus
C) Occipital lobes
D) Temporal lobes
E) Parietal lobes

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of these is NOT a process in forming new long-term memories?

A) Storage
B) Consolidation
C) Retrieval
D) Encoding
E) Understanding

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Which neurotransmitter places a crucial role in working memory?

A) Serotonin
B) Acetylcholine
C) MAOA
D) Dopamine
E) Noradrenaline

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Reconstructing memories even after the experience has happened is known as:

A) Memory fallibility
B) Memory performance
C) The anxiety effect
D) Forgetting
E) The misinformation effect

Question 5

What does the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) procedure show?

A) Some people are super-recognizers
B) Motivation precedes memory
C) We remember information in terms of networks or interconnection between different pieces of information
D) All memory is a reconstruction
E) Anxiety inhibits memory

Question 6

What % of participants reported committing a crime they did not commit in research by Shaw and Porter?

A) Over 91%
B) Over 71%
C) Over41%
D) Over 61%
E) Over 81%