FSU PSYC320 2021 January Quiz 9 Latest

PSYC320 Theories of Learning

Quiz 9

Question 1Permanent or near-permanent storage of memory that lasts beyond a period of conscious attention is known as:

  short-term memory.

  long-term memory.

  sensory memory.

  cognitive control.

 Question 2Which is a characteristic of someone with dysexecutive syndrome?

  below-average intelligence scores

  disrupted ability to remember facts and events

  disrupted ability to think and plan

  impaired language abilities

 Question 3Brain imaging studies show that people with _____ copies of the COMT allele show _____ prefrontal cortex activity during a 2-back task.

  one or two; lower

  zero, one, or two; equal amounts of

  zero; lower

  one or two; higher

 Question 4According to the findings of George Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is about _____ items.

  four

  three

  ten

  seven

 Question 5When one consciously tries to remember a fact or event for later retrieval, one is storing the information:

  iconically.

  incidentally.

  intentionally.

  executively.

 Question 6The metaphor of memory as a computer compares RAM with _____ memory and a hard drive with _____ memory.

  working; long-term

  long-term; working

  short-term; long-term

  sensory; iconic

 Question 7Which task is an example of one that would activate your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?

  remembering where you parked your car

  memorizing the definition of a new word by repeating it to yourself

  rehearsing a phone number you just looked up

  remembering who told you about a major news event

 Question 8Which area of the brain seems to play an especially important role in working memory?

  sensory cortices

  prefrontal cortex

  basal ganglia

  cerebellum

 Question 9The manipulation and application of working memory for planning, task switching, attention, stimulus selection, and the inhibition of inappropriate reflexive behaviors is known as:

  sensory memory.

  cognitive control.

  short-term memory.

  iconic memory.

 Question 10The most abstract plans depend on the _____ areas of the frontal lobes, and the most concrete plans depend on the _____ areas of the frontal lobes.

  anterior; posterior

  posterior; anterior

  lateral; anterior

  posterior; lateral

 Question 11Neuroimaging studies of children with ADHD have shown that these children have a(n) _____ prefrontal cortex region.

  smaller left

  enlarged left

  smaller right

  enlarged right

 Question 12Compared with long-term memory, short-term memory is:

  outside of conscious awareness.

  forgotten more quickly.

  larger in capacity.

  slower to access.

 Question 13

In Baddeley's working-memory model, which system monitors and manipulates the two working-memory buffers?

  haptic memory

  phonological loop

  visuospatial sketchpad

  central executive

 Question 14If Tate is driving to a friend's house, his specific goal of turning the steering wheel at a given moment is mainly relying on the _____ areas of his frontal lobes.

  posterior

  medial

  lateral

  anterior

 Question 15A neuromodulator that alters neuron-to-neuron communication is:

  serotonin.

  dopamine.

  epinephrine.

  glutamic acid.

 Question 16Automatic processes:

  occur with minimal conscious awareness.

  determine what cues should be attended to.

  require focused attention.

  inhibit reflexive behaviors.

 Question 17Which task is used to study stimulus selection and response inhibition in working memory?

  Stroop task

  Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

  N-back task

  Tower of Hanoi

 

Question 18An individual suffering from _____ would exhibit deficits in working memory due to insufficient levels of dopamine.

  schizophrenia

  ADHD

  depression

  anxiety

 Question 19Where does information automatically and rapidly decay?

  short-term memory

  sensory memory

  working memory

  long-term memory

 Question 20In the delayed nonmatch-to-sample task, the subjects must select the stimulus that is:

  different from the one they remember.

  the same size as the one they remember.

  the same color and shape as the one they remember.

  the most similar to the one they remember.