Question 1

Confabulation is mainly associated with lesions of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Tulving et al. claim that their patient KC exhibited

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic amnesia 
B)  semantic amnesia 
C)  implicit memory amnesia 
D)  procedural memory amnesia

Question 3

Patients with focal anterograde amnesia suffer from

Accepted Answer

A)  both anterograde and retrograde amnesia 
B)  neither anterograde nor retrograde amnesia 
C)  anterograde amnesia in the absence of retrograde amnesia 
D)  retrograde amnesia in the absence of anterograde amnesia

Question 4

Steinvorth et al. (2005) found that amnesic HM exhibited

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic retrograde amnesia extending back over his lifetime 
B)  semantic retrograde amnesia extending back over his lifetime 
C)  no episodic retrograde amnesia 
D)  no semantic retrograde amnesia

Question 5

Organic amnesics are usually unimpaired in

Accepted Answer

A)  performance of procedural skills 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  recent memory 
D)  autobiographical memory

Exam 7: Disorders of Memory

Confabulation is mainly associated with lesions of

Tulving et al. claim that their patient KC exhibited

Patients with focal anterograde amnesia suffer from

Steinvorth et al. (2005) found that amnesic HM exhibited

Organic amnesics are usually unimpaired in