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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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 _________________?

   A. retroactive inhibition
   B. anterograde amnesia
   C. proactive inhibition
   D. retrograde amnesia

2. 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

3. According to Pavlov’s dual-code model of memory, the two types of codes used to store long-term memories are ________________?

   A. visual and auditory
   B. semantic and syntactic
   C. implicit and explicit
   D. verbal and visual

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. One of the followings receives and processes sensory information, initiates responses, stores memories and generates thoughts and emotions is:

   A. Somatic nervous system
   B. Brain
   C. Autonomic nervous system
   D. Spinal cord

8. Echoic memories fade after approximately ________________?

   A. 1 hour
   B. 1 minute
   C. 30 seconds
   D. 1 second

9. The ability to focus on stimuli in which we are interested while resisting distracting stimuli is called ________________?

   A. concentrated attending
   B. stimulus focusing
   C. selective attention
   D. structured perceiving

10. The process that controls the flow of information from the sensory store into the short-term store is ________________?

    A. encoding
    B. attention
    C. retrieval
    D. rehearsal