Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
OpenStax
Chapter 18: Learning and Memory
Multiple Choice
1. Which type of memory occurs on a timescale of seconds to hours?
A. Sensory memory
B. Short-term memory*
C. Long-term memory
D. Consolidated memory
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
2. Recalling the name of the street you grew up on would be considered:
A. sensory memory.
B. short-term memory.
C. long-term memory.*
D. working memory.
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
3. Being able to temporarily repeat a six-digit code for 2-factor authentication out loud is an
example of:
A. sensory memory.
B. declarative memory.
C. long-term memory.
D. working memory.*
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
4. Which refers to the process of retrieving memories from long-term storage?
A. Recall*
B. Consolidation
C. Reconsolidation
D. Encoding
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
5. When a stored memory is reactivated during recall, it is vulnerable to being altered and
must be strengthened again by the process of:
A. recall.
B. consolidation.
C. reconsolidation.*
D. encoding.
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Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
6. If an individual can recall events that occurred prior to a brain injury, but is not able to form
memories for new events after the brain injury, we would say that they have:
A. anterograde amnesia.*
B. retrograde amnesia.
C. anterograde and retrograde amnesia
D. age-related memory loss.
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
7. Recalling the time and place of an event like your own graduation ceremony is considered:
A. implicit memory.
B. semantic memory.
C. procedural memory.
D. episodic memory.*
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
8. Recalling the capital of your home state is considered:
A. implicit memory.
B. semantic memory.*
C. procedural memory.
D. episodic memory.
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
9. In habituation, the response to a stimulus that has been presented multiple times:
A. increases.
B. decreases.*
C. decreases if paired with a neutral stimulus.
D. increases if paired with a neutral stimulus.
Bloom’s Level 1. Remembering
10. You are performing an operant conditioning experiment with a rodent, and you would like it
to decrease the frequency of a behavior (lever pressing). To accomplish this, you could:
A. present a positive stimulus or remove a positive stimulus after a lever press.
B. present a positive stimulus or remove a negative stimulus after a lever press.
C. present a negative stimulus or remove a negative stimulus after a lever press.
D. present a negative stimulus or remove a positive stimulus after a lever press.*
Blooms’ Level 2. Understanding
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OpenStax
Chapter 18: Learning and Memory
Multiple Choice
1. Which type of memory occurs on a timescale of seconds to hours?
A. Sensory memory
B. Short-term memory*
C. Long-term memory
D. Consolidated memory
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
2. Recalling the name of the street you grew up on would be considered:
A. sensory memory.
B. short-term memory.
C. long-term memory.*
D. working memory.
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
3. Being able to temporarily repeat a six-digit code for 2-factor authentication out loud is an
example of:
A. sensory memory.
B. declarative memory.
C. long-term memory.
D. working memory.*
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
4. Which refers to the process of retrieving memories from long-term storage?
A. Recall*
B. Consolidation
C. Reconsolidation
D. Encoding
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
5. When a stored memory is reactivated during recall, it is vulnerable to being altered and
must be strengthened again by the process of:
A. recall.
B. consolidation.
C. reconsolidation.*
D. encoding.
1
, Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
OpenStax
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
6. If an individual can recall events that occurred prior to a brain injury, but is not able to form
memories for new events after the brain injury, we would say that they have:
A. anterograde amnesia.*
B. retrograde amnesia.
C. anterograde and retrograde amnesia
D. age-related memory loss.
Bloom’s level 1. Remembering
7. Recalling the time and place of an event like your own graduation ceremony is considered:
A. implicit memory.
B. semantic memory.
C. procedural memory.
D. episodic memory.*
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
8. Recalling the capital of your home state is considered:
A. implicit memory.
B. semantic memory.*
C. procedural memory.
D. episodic memory.
Bloom’s level 2. Understanding
9. In habituation, the response to a stimulus that has been presented multiple times:
A. increases.
B. decreases.*
C. decreases if paired with a neutral stimulus.
D. increases if paired with a neutral stimulus.
Bloom’s Level 1. Remembering
10. You are performing an operant conditioning experiment with a rodent, and you would like it
to decrease the frequency of a behavior (lever pressing). To accomplish this, you could:
A. present a positive stimulus or remove a positive stimulus after a lever press.
B. present a positive stimulus or remove a negative stimulus after a lever press.
C. present a negative stimulus or remove a negative stimulus after a lever press.
D. present a negative stimulus or remove a positive stimulus after a lever press.*
Blooms’ Level 2. Understanding
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