PSYCH 255 QUIZ 5 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⫸ Which memory holds incoming information for a fraction of a second
and then passes most of this information to short-term memory?
A.) Sensory memory
B.) Long-term memory
C.) Episodic memory
D.) Semantic memory Answer: A.) Sensory memory
⫸ Which describes the cognitive revolution?
A.) Greater emphasis on operant conditioning
B.) Greater emphasis on nurture
C.) Greater emphasis on unobservable mental processing
,D.) Greater emphasis on classical conditioning Answer: C.) Greater
emphasis on unobservable mental processing
⫸ Which has multiple sub-types of memory?
A.) Procedural
B.) Episodic
C.) Semantic
D.) Long-term Answer: D.) Long-term
⫸ Recording the electrical signals from a single neuron require the use
of which of the following equipment?
A.) Pressure-sensitive receptor
B.) Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
C.) Microelectrodes
D.) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Answer: C.)
Microelectrodes
, ⫸ What are the 3 different methods used for researching how different
areas of the brain are connected and communicate?
A.) Neuropsychology, multiple neuron recording, and brain imaging
B.) Neuroanatomy, track-weighted imaging, and resting-state functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
C.) Neuropsychology, single neuron recording, and brain imaging
D.) Neuroanatomy, single neuron recording, and brain imaging Answer:
B.) Neuroanatomy, track-weighted imaging, and resting-state functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
⫸ Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory researchers,
proposed that long-term memory is subdivided into all of the following
components EXCEPT:
A.) Short-term memory
B.) Episodic memory
C.) Semantic memory
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⫸ Which memory holds incoming information for a fraction of a second
and then passes most of this information to short-term memory?
A.) Sensory memory
B.) Long-term memory
C.) Episodic memory
D.) Semantic memory Answer: A.) Sensory memory
⫸ Which describes the cognitive revolution?
A.) Greater emphasis on operant conditioning
B.) Greater emphasis on nurture
C.) Greater emphasis on unobservable mental processing
,D.) Greater emphasis on classical conditioning Answer: C.) Greater
emphasis on unobservable mental processing
⫸ Which has multiple sub-types of memory?
A.) Procedural
B.) Episodic
C.) Semantic
D.) Long-term Answer: D.) Long-term
⫸ Recording the electrical signals from a single neuron require the use
of which of the following equipment?
A.) Pressure-sensitive receptor
B.) Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
C.) Microelectrodes
D.) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Answer: C.)
Microelectrodes
, ⫸ What are the 3 different methods used for researching how different
areas of the brain are connected and communicate?
A.) Neuropsychology, multiple neuron recording, and brain imaging
B.) Neuroanatomy, track-weighted imaging, and resting-state functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
C.) Neuropsychology, single neuron recording, and brain imaging
D.) Neuroanatomy, single neuron recording, and brain imaging Answer:
B.) Neuroanatomy, track-weighted imaging, and resting-state functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
⫸ Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory researchers,
proposed that long-term memory is subdivided into all of the following
components EXCEPT:
A.) Short-term memory
B.) Episodic memory
C.) Semantic memory
