Question 1

Animal studies support the finding that the prefrontal cortex is important for some components of working memory including _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  shifting of task rules 
B)  temporal order 
C)  spatial organization 
D)  All of the above.

Question 2

The prefrontal cortex can access long-term memories that can be integrated into a working memory task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Monkeys with ________ lesions show impairment on self-ordering tasks where they were responsible for monitoring the order of presentation of a set of items.

Accepted Answer

A)  dorsolateral prefrontal 
B)  medial prefrontal 
C)  orbital prefrontal 
D)  lateral prefrontal

Question 4

Amnesic people show an impairment for the ________ effect but an intact ________ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)  serial; recency 
B)  spacing; primacy 
C)  recency; primacy 
D)  primacy; recency

Question 5

Chunks of information in short-term memory do not get stored as the same chunks in long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Our subvocal speech is part of the ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  phonological loop 
B)  visuospatial sketchpad 
C)  episodic executive 
D)  central executive

Question 7

When performing a visual tracking task, the _________ helps us keep information in our heads while we work on it.

Accepted Answer

A)  central executive 
B)  phonological loop 
C)  visuospatial sketchpad 
D)  episodic buffer

Question 8

When you remember your nine-digit student number as three groups of three numbers you have ______ the items together.

Accepted Answer

A)  compounded 
B)  chunked 
C)  stacked 
D)  compressed

Question 9

Describe the components of working memory according to Baddeley (2000) and how they work together.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

In one study by Dias and colleagues (1996) animals learned to discriminate between compound stimuli of polygons and lines, by attending to one and ignoring the other. This was followed by a change in the discrimination task requirements. This shift is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  perseveration 
B)  temporal order 
C)  rule shifting 
D)  temporal contiguity

Question 11

During the Wisconsin card sorting task, an individual kept using the same rule even after it changed. This error is called _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  persistence 
B)  perseveration 
C)  missorting 
D)  continuance

Question 12

The release from proactive inhibition demonstrates an interaction between long-term and short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Researchers found that prefrontal cells respond to ________ while the inferotemporal cortex responds to _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  visual features; abstract concepts 
B)  abstract concepts; visual features 
C)  abstract concepts; spatial information 
D)  visual features; spatial information

Question 14

Neurological evidence suggests that medial and orbital areas serve a different role in working memory in the rat compared to the primate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Compared to normals, amnesics show impaired long-term memory storage for a serial list task but their short-term memory tends to remain intact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Brown-Peterson test has been used to test the rate of _______ when rehearsal is prevented.

Accepted Answer

A)  remembering 
B)  recall 
C)  forgetting 
D)  learning

Question 17

Frontal patients tend to have problems performing on the Wisconsin card sorting task because they fail to perseverate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The verbal comprehension area is in the __________ lobe and the articulatory rehearsal process is in the ________ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)  left parietal; left temporal 
B)  right parietal; left frontal 
C)  left parietal; left frontal 
D)  right temporal; left frontal

Question 19

A serial probe recognition task is used so researchers can compare long-term memory performance across many species.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Performing a finger tapping task while completing a verbal memory task impaired subject performance for the verbal memory task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Short-Term Memory and Working Memory

Animal studies support the finding that the prefrontal cortex is important for some components of working memory including _______.

The prefrontal cortex can access long-term memories that can be integrated into a working memory task.

Monkeys with ________ lesions show impairment on self-ordering tasks where they were responsible for monitoring the order of presentation of a set of items.

Amnesic people show an impairment for the effect but an intact effect.

Chunks of information in short-term memory do not get stored as the same chunks in long-term memory.

Our subvocal speech is part of the ___________.

When performing a visual tracking task, the _________ helps us keep information in our heads while we work on it.

When you remember your nine-digit student number as three groups of three numbers you have ______ the items together.

Describe the components of working memory according to Baddeley (2000) and how they work together.

In one study by Dias and colleagues (1996) animals learned to discriminate between compound stimuli of polygons and lines, by attending to one and ignoring the other. This was followed by a change in the discrimination task requirements. This shift is known as ______.

During the Wisconsin card sorting task, an individual kept using the same rule even after it changed. This error is called _________.

The release from proactive inhibition demonstrates an interaction between long-term and short-term memory.

Researchers found that prefrontal cells respond to while the inferotemporal cortex responds to _.

Neurological evidence suggests that medial and orbital areas serve a different role in working memory in the rat compared to the primate.

Compared to normals, amnesics show impaired long-term memory storage for a serial list task but their short-term memory tends to remain intact.

The Brown-Peterson test has been used to test the rate of _______ when rehearsal is prevented.

Frontal patients tend to have problems performing on the Wisconsin card sorting task because they fail to perseverate.

The verbal comprehension area is in the __ lobe and the articulatory rehearsal process is in the lobe.

A serial probe recognition task is used so researchers can compare long-term memory performance across many species.

Performing a finger tapping task while completing a verbal memory task impaired subject performance for the verbal memory task.