Module 2.7 - Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges
Quiz by Dan Koch
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- Q1
Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?
Halle can remember her new locker combination but not her old one.
William has lost his memory of the 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.
Louis can remember his past but nothing since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago.
Maddie can’t remember the details of when she was mugged 6 months ago.
30s - Q2
The cafeteria at Muhammad’s school is a large room with nine free-standing pillars that support the roof. Muhammad has been in his school cafeteria hundreds of times. One day, Muhammad’s teacher asks him how many pillars there are in the cafeteria. Muhammad has difficulty answering the question, but he finally replies that he thinks there are six pillars. What memory concept does this example illustrate?
Storage decay
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference
Encoding failure
30s - Q3
Suzanne gets a new phone number. Each time she tries to give someone the new number, she gives her old one instead. The fact that her old number is causing difficulty in her remembering of the new one is an example of
retroactive interference.
retrograde amnesia.
proactive interference.
anterograde amnesia.
30s - Q4
Regarding therapist-guided “recovered” memories of sexual abuse in infancy, which statement best represents an appropriate conclusion about this issue?
Therapists who use hypnosis are likely to help their patients retrieve repressed memories.
Statistics indicate that childhood sexual abuse rarely occurs; therefore, recovered memories of such abuse are likely false.
Memories are only rarely recovered. Once you are unable to retrieve a memory, you will probably never be able to retrieve it.
Since the brain is not sufficiently mature to store accurate memories of events before the age of 4, memories from the first 4 years of life are not reliable.
45s - Q5
Kevin composes what he thinks is a unique piece of music. When he plays it for his friend Heidi, she informs him that they heard that song together on the radio last summer.
Which of the following best describes Kevin’s memory error?
Source amnesia
Retroactive interference
Proactive interference
Anterograde amnesia
30s - Q6
A few months later when Heidi hears the same song, she tells her mom, “That’s my friend Kevin’s song!” Which of the following best describes Heidi’s memory error?
Source misattribution
Encoding failure
Storage decay
Displacement
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