Question 1

The frontal lobe appears to participate in:

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A) spatial memory. 
B) memory for faces. 
C) verbal memory. 
D) memory for the temporal order of events.

Question 2

Early research with patient H. M. demonstrated that the hippocampus:

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A) is the storage site for all long-term memories. 
B) is the storage site for all short-term memories. 
C) plays a critical role in memory consolidation. 
D) plays no important role in memory.

Question 3

When nerve growth factor (NGF) is given to an animal following a stroke, it is likely to:

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A) stimulate dendritic growth. 
B) increase the number of new neurons. 
C) interfere with recovery. 
D) decrease tissue inflammation.

Question 4

Define drug-induced behavioral sensitization. Give an example.

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Question 5

H. M., the memory patient described in the textbook, underwent:

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A) bilateral removal of the frontal lobes. 
B) bilateral removal of the temporal lobes. 
C) removal of the left temporal lobe. 
D) removal of the left frontal lobe.

Question 6

Which of the following terms is used instead of explicit memory?

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A) skill 
B) declarative memory 
C) reference memory 
D) habit memory

Question 7

What are long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD)? What procedures can be used to induce LTP or LTD?

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Question 8

Shown a series of photographs in a specific order, patients with _____ damage would not be able to remember the photographs or their order, and patients with _____ damage would remember the photographs but not their order.

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A) frontal lobe; medial temporal lobe 
B) medial temporal lobe; parietal lobe 
C) medial temporal lobe; frontal lobe 
D) frontal lobe; parietal lobe

Question 9

Enhanced synaptic growth of cells in the visual cortex would:

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A) not enhance recovery of the visual senses. 
B) not enhance recovery of hand use. 
C) enhance recovery of the auditory senses. 
D) enhance recovery of the olfactory senses.

Question 10

Outline a purported neural circuit for explicit memory.

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Question 11

Mishkin and his colleagues have hypothesized that the _____ is (are) central to implicit memory.

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A) hippocampus 
B) basal ganglia 
C) frontal lobes 
D) medial temporal cortex

Question 12

Researchers asked study participants to repeat a list of random words from memory after a 1-minute wait. Participants were then asked to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag. While participants were performing the tasks, positron emission tomography (PET) scans of their brains were recorded. The researchers most likely found greater activation in the _____ lobes when recalling the list of words and greater activation in the _____ lobes when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

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A) temporal; occipital 
B) frontal; temporal 
C) temporal; parietal and frontal 
D) temporal and frontal; parietal

Question 13

Mimi is able to draw upon memories of herself and report what she did. She can tell you about significant events in her life, such as her wedding, and ordinary occurrences, including what she did last week. What brain regions are thought to underlie her autobiographical memories?

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Question 14

Loss of cholinergic cells in the basal forebrain and development of neuritic plaques in the cerebral cortex are associated with:

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A) Alzheimer disease. 
B) multiple sclerosis. 
C) Parkinson disease. 
D) herpes encephalitis.

Question 15

Amnesics generally lose the ability to do:

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A) explicit and implicit memory tasks. 
B) explicit memory tasks. 
C) implicit memory tasks. 
D) any verbal-content tasks but not motor tasks.

Question 16

Maguire and colleagues found that London taxi drivers had _____ than control subjects did.

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A) larger frontal lobes 
B) a larger anterior hippocampus 
C) a larger posterior hippocampus 
D) a larger parietal cortex

Question 17

Which of the following structures play an important role in short-term, or temporary, memory?

Accepted Answer

A) temporal lobes 
B) frontal lobes 
C) occipital lobes 
D) parietal lobes

Question 18

A rat in an enriched environment is likely to _____ than a rat in an under-resourced environment.

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A) have larger neurons 
B) weigh more 
C) have fewer astrocytes 
D) have fewer synapses per neuron

Question 19

The patient J. K. had Parkinson disease. He showed a deficit in:

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A) verbal memory. 
B) visuospatial memory. 
C) implicit memory. 
D) explicit memory.

Question 20

When the ovaries are removed from female rats, estrogen levels _____, leading to a _____ in spine density in the hippocampus.

Accepted Answer

A) increase; decrease 
B) increase; increase 
C) decrease; increase 
D) decrease; decrease

Exam 14: How Do We Learn and Remember