LEARNING AND MEMORY EXAM SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWER
COLLECTION
●● What is memory?
Answer: How those brain changes are stored and later retrieved
●● What is amnesia?
Answer: Loss of memory
●● What is retrograde amnesia?
Answer: Loss of memories from before an injury
●● What is anterograde amnesia?
Answer: Inability to form new memories after an injury
●● What are the three stages of memory?
Answer: Sensory memory, Working memory, Long-term memory
●● What is sensory memory?
Answer: Very brief storage of incoming sensory information
, ●● What is working memory?
Answer: Temporary storage + manipulation of information
●● What is the central executive?
Answer: Controls attention and focus in working memory
●● What are the two types of long-term memory?
Answer: Implicit (non-declarative) and Explicit (declarative)
●● What is implicit memory?
Answer: Unconscious memory that influences behavior
●● What is classical conditioning?
Answer: Learning by association between stimuli
●● What brain areas are involved in conditioning?
Answer: Cerebellum (motor learning) and Amygdala (emotional
learning)
●● What is operant conditioning?
Answer: Learning through rewards and punishments
SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWER
COLLECTION
●● What is memory?
Answer: How those brain changes are stored and later retrieved
●● What is amnesia?
Answer: Loss of memory
●● What is retrograde amnesia?
Answer: Loss of memories from before an injury
●● What is anterograde amnesia?
Answer: Inability to form new memories after an injury
●● What are the three stages of memory?
Answer: Sensory memory, Working memory, Long-term memory
●● What is sensory memory?
Answer: Very brief storage of incoming sensory information
, ●● What is working memory?
Answer: Temporary storage + manipulation of information
●● What is the central executive?
Answer: Controls attention and focus in working memory
●● What are the two types of long-term memory?
Answer: Implicit (non-declarative) and Explicit (declarative)
●● What is implicit memory?
Answer: Unconscious memory that influences behavior
●● What is classical conditioning?
Answer: Learning by association between stimuli
●● What brain areas are involved in conditioning?
Answer: Cerebellum (motor learning) and Amygdala (emotional
learning)
●● What is operant conditioning?
Answer: Learning through rewards and punishments
