A brain tumor in the hippocampus of the brain would impair a person’s ability to learn new things while leaving their old memories intact. This condition is known as _________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. An ability to learn new information and form new long-term memories is called ________________?

   A. retroactive amnesia
   B. proactive amnesia
   C. anterograde amnesia
   D. implicit amnesia

2. The area of the brain where short-term memories are transferred to long-term memory is the _________________?

   A. medulla
   B. hippocampus
   C. pons
   D. hypothalamus

3. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

4. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

5. A test of the capacity to learn a particular skill and to learn within a specific area of knowledge is called a/an ____________________?

   A. aptitude test
   B. achievement test
   C. projective test
   D. acquisition test

6. The ability to learn a new computer software program is to be______as knowledge of state capitals is to______.

   A. formal operations; concrete operations
   B. crystallized intelligence; fluid intelligence
   C. concrete operations; formal operations
   D. fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence

7. For children with ADHD, the ability to learn is severely because they:

   A. are mildly retarded
   B. act on impulse and cannot concentrate
   C. must take stimulants which shorten attention span
   D. are given sedatives which make them listless

8. Removal of the hippocampus is most likely lead to ___________?

   A. sham rage
   B. narcolepsy
   C. anterograde amnesia
   D. retrograde amnesia

9. Damage to hippocampus would result in difficulty ____________?

   A. understanding language
   B. producing language
   C. encoding new information into long-term memory
   D. processing sensory information

10. The most obvious difference between the human brain and the brain of a carp would be in the:

    A. hypothalamus
    B. thalamus
    C. cerebellum
    D. cerebral cortex