Memory and Learning

Question 1

The type of memory that refers to general knowledge of the world (e.g., facts, vocabulary, rules) is called:

Answer 1

Semantic Memory

Question 2

Retrograde amnesia is:

Answer 2

the inability to recall information prior to a brain injury.

Question 3

When memorizing a list of words, the words that are last to be presented are more easily recalled. This is called the:

Answer 3

Recency effect

Question 4

Low scores on memory free recall tasks but adequate scores on cued or recognition tasks may indicate:

Answer 4

poor memory retrieval

Question 5

Baddeley and Hitch’s (1974) Working Memory Model theorizes a modality nonspecific cognitive system that coordinates processes in working memory. What are the two mechanisms that the central executive of working memory regulates?

Answer 5

phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad

Question 6

In children, memory problems occur more frequently as secondary to deficits in attention, verbal processing, and visual perception, rather than as problems that are specific to memory alone. True or False?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What term is used to describe memory retrieval without the aide of external cues?

Answer 7

free recall

Question 7

Digits forward on the WISC is an example of what kind of memory?

Answer 7

verbal primary memory

Question 8

Which two brain structures plays a major role in memory?

Answer 8

Amygdala and hippocampus

Question 9

What part of the brain seems to be responsible for transferring short-term memories to long-term memories?

Answer 9

Hippocampus

Question 10

Bilateral removal on the temporal lobes in the case study of H. M. produced what types of memory impairment?

Question 11

In Baddeley and Hitch’s Working Memory Model, what is the command and control center that presides over the interactions between the two subordinate systems and long-term memory?

Answer 11

central executive

Question 12

In the School Neuropsychological Conceptual Model, the broad classification of memory and learning is categorized into what four divisions?

Answer 12

rate of new learning, immediate memory, long-term memory, and verbal-visual associative memory

Question 13

Memory for Stories tests would be categorized where in the school neuropsychology conceptual model?

Answer 13

Verbal memory with context

Question 13

What are the names of the three major stand-alone tests of memory and learning for children?

Answer 13

Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - 3rd Edition

Test of Memory and Learning-2

Child and Adolescent Memory Profile

Question 14

True or false? All memory for stories tests across batteries measure the same neurocognitive abilities?

Answer 14

False

Question 15

On a list learning test, the number correct from the last trial minus the number correct on the first trial is considered a measure of:

Answer 15

learning

Question 16

In a memory recall test, a recall error such as recalling “car” for “truck” is called?

Answer 16

a semantic error

Question 17

Which type of memory is not assessed on the WRAML-3, ChAMP, or TOMAL-2?

Answer 17

semantic memory

Question 18

Tests such as recalling digits or letters backwards are designed to measure what aspect of memory?

Answer 18

verbal working memory