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81. You taking both a Spanish and a French course this : 1246276
81. You are taking both a Spanish and a French course this semester. As you study the vocabulary words for your French test, you realize that the French words are disrupting the memory of the Spanish vocabulary words you studied last week. This is an example of _____.
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. transience
D. transference
82. According to _____, when we learn something new, a neurochemical memory trace forms, but over time this trace disintegrates.
A. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
B. decay theory
C. interference theory
D. psychodynamic theory
83. According to decay theory, why do memories fade?
A. There is a limited amount of storage available for long-term memories, so older memories must decay and make room for new memories.
B. The cerebellum cannot hold on to information long-term.
C. Synaptic connections become broken.
D. A neurochemical “memory trace” disintegrates over time.
84. The type of effortful retrieval associated with a person’s feeling that he or she knows something (say, a word or a name) but cannot quite pull it out of memory is known as _____.
A. decay phenomenon
B. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
C. retroactive interference
D. proactive interference
85. Lucy sustained a brain injury in a car accident. Although Lucy’s memories of her life before the accident are intact, she is no longer able to form new, long-term memories. Every night when she goes to bed, her memories of what she had done that day are lost. Lucy suffers from _____.
A. retrograde amnesia
B. anterograde amnesia
C. infantile amnesia
D. displacement
86. A person suffering from retrograde amnesia will _____.
A. lose past memories but be able to make new ones
B. lose past memories and be unable to make new ones
C. recall past memories but not be able to make new ones
D. lose some past memories but have only the sporadic ability to make new memories
87. An individual’s autobiographical memory forms the core of the individual’s _____.
A. cognitive system
B. emotional system
C. personal identity
D. brain
88. The adage most appropriate to memory function and aging is _____.
A. “Use it or lose it”
B. “Better late than never”
C. “A little goes a long way”
D. “Seize the moment”
89. Research has shown that individuals who are _____ tend to cope better with a variety of assaults to the brain, including Alzheimer disease, stroke, head injury, and even poisoning with neurotoxins.
A. optimists and who go through life smiling and helping others to feel good about themselves
B. physically fit, aggressive, competitive, and law-abiding
C. educated, have high IQs, and remain mentally engaged in complex tasks
D. physically attractive, physically fit, easy-going, and interested in reading and yoga
90. _____ leads to the accumulation of a “cognitive store,” an emergency stash of mental capacity that allows individuals to avoid the negative effects of harm to the brain.
A. An active physical life
B. An active mental life
C. Singing
D. Praying
