Chapter 8 Quiz

A  storage of facts and events we have personally experienced

B  information about events we have personally experienced

C  knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

D  type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things

A  semantic and episodic

B  implicit and explicit

C  procedural and implicit

D  short-term and long-term

A  visual encoding

B  Stroop effect

C  engrams

D  equipotentiality hypothesis

A  explicit

B  sensory

C  implicit

D  semantic

A  storage of facts and events we personally experienced

B  knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

C  information about events we have personally experienced

D  type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things

A  The amygdala is involved in the process of transferring new learning into long-term memory.

B  The amygdala is involved in normal recognition memory as well as spatial memory.

C  The amygdala is a processing area for explicit memories.

D  Communication among neurons via the amygdala is critical for developing new memories.

A  construction; reconstruction

B  information; misinformation

C  equipotentiality; amnesia

D  coding; recoding

A  Stroop effect

B  self-reference effect

C  Atkinson-Shiffrin model

D  sensory memory

A  implicit memories

B  short-term memories

C  explicit memories

D  sensory memories

A  Strong emotional memories are transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory more quickly than weak emotional memories.

B  Strong emotional experiences stimulate the cerebellum and thyroid, the centers of emotional memory.

C  Weak emotional memories involve effortless processing and strong emotional memories involve effortful processing.

D  Strong emotional experiences can trigger the release of neurotransmitters and hormones that strengthen memory.