Chapter Twenty-Four Memory Systems
1. Which type of memory can be accessed for conscious recollection? Choose the correct
option.
A) Nondeclarative memory
B) Procedural memory
C) Declarative memory
D) Classical conditioning
2. Which of the following statements correctly reflects the idea of memory consolidation?
Choose the correct option.
A) Memory consolidation is a mechanism used by declarative but not procedural
memory.
B) Memory consolidation converts short-term memories or sensory information into
long-term memory.
C) Memories can be consolidated for permanent storage in short-term memory.
D) All short-term memories are eventually converted into a permanent form.
3. Which type of amnesia does not cause other cognitive defects? Choose the correct
option.
A) Retrograde amnesia
B) Anterograde amnesia
C) Transient global amnesia
D) Dissociated amnesia
4. What term best describes the process by which reactivating a memory makes it sensitive
just as it had been immediately after the memory was first formed? Choose the correct
option.
A) Consolidation
B) Reconsolidation
C) Deconsolidation
D) Differentiation
5. A patient with brain trauma cannot remember events prior to the trauma. Which type of
amnesia does this symptom indicate? Choose the correct option.
A) Transient global amnesia
B) Dissociated amnesia
C) Anterograde amnesia
D) Retrograde amnesia
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1. Which type of memory can be accessed for conscious recollection? Choose the correct
option.
A) Nondeclarative memory
B) Procedural memory
C) Declarative memory
D) Classical conditioning
2. Which of the following statements correctly reflects the idea of memory consolidation?
Choose the correct option.
A) Memory consolidation is a mechanism used by declarative but not procedural
memory.
B) Memory consolidation converts short-term memories or sensory information into
long-term memory.
C) Memories can be consolidated for permanent storage in short-term memory.
D) All short-term memories are eventually converted into a permanent form.
3. Which type of amnesia does not cause other cognitive defects? Choose the correct
option.
A) Retrograde amnesia
B) Anterograde amnesia
C) Transient global amnesia
D) Dissociated amnesia
4. What term best describes the process by which reactivating a memory makes it sensitive
just as it had been immediately after the memory was first formed? Choose the correct
option.
A) Consolidation
B) Reconsolidation
C) Deconsolidation
D) Differentiation
5. A patient with brain trauma cannot remember events prior to the trauma. Which type of
amnesia does this symptom indicate? Choose the correct option.
A) Transient global amnesia
B) Dissociated amnesia
C) Anterograde amnesia
D) Retrograde amnesia
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