Memory Foundations And Applications 2nd Edition By Bennett L. Schwartz – Test Bank

Memory Foundations And Applications 2nd Edition By Bennett L. Schwartz – Test Bank

Chapter 10

1. Which is not a common cause of amnesia?
a) strokes.
b) auto accidents.
*c) hypnotism.
d) Alzheimer’s disease.

2. In most cases, amnesia refers to
a) an improvement in memory brought about by employing mnemonic techniques.
*b) an acquired deficit in memory brought about by trauma to the brain.
c) a developmental disorder that affects encoding into memory.
d) the terminal states of Alzheimer’s disease.

3. Which of the following was symptomatic of H.M.’s amnesia?
a) impaired implicit memory.
*b) severe anterograde amnesia.
c) childhood amnesia.
d) source monitoring confusions.

4. H.M. became amnesic when
*a) his hippocampuses were surgically removed.
b) he suffered a closed head injury in an auto accident.
c) he suffered a stroke.
d) he nearly drowned.

5. Which skill was intact in H.M. despite his strong amnesia?
a) he could learn new facts at a rate similar to an age-matched control.
*b) he showed equivalent implicit memory to an age-matched control.
c) he showed equivalent explicit memory to an age-matched control.
d) he could learn new events from his life at a rate similar to an age-matched control.

6. Unlike H.M., Clive Wearing showed severe
*a) retrograde amnesia.
b) deficits in language production.
c) anosognosia.
d) symptoms of Capgrass Syndrome.

7. Clive Wearing became amnesic because
a) he suffered a severe stroke.
*b) he suffered a bout of viral encephalitis.
c) Korsakoff’s disease.
d) Capgrass syndrome.

8. Anterograde amnesia refers to
a) deficits in remembering events from the past.
b) deficits in working memory tasks.
*c) an inability to form new memories
d) the release of proactive inhibition.

9. Which area of the brain is associated with anterograde amnesia?
*a) the hippocampus.
b) V1 or Area 17.
c) the anterior cingulate.
d) the pineal body.

10. Which of these areas of the brain is associated with anterograde amnesia?
a) the papillary mass
b) the pons
c) Broca’s Area
*d) the fornix