Echoic memories fade after approximately ________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Echoic memory refers to ____________________?

   A. visual perception
   B. eidetic perception
   C. verbal codes
   D. auditory perception

2. 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

3. 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

4. Our short-term memory span is approximately ________________ items?

   A. 2
   B. 5
   C. 7
   D. 10

5. The process of comparing currently experienced visual input with past visual memories takes place with ___________?

   A. Broca’s area
   B. the sensory cortex
   C. association areas
   D. the limbic system

6. 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

7. 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

8. Memories of traumatic physical abuse are most unlikely to be __________________?

   A. encoded
   B. repressed
   C. rehearsed
   D. retrieved

9. 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

10. Bipolar disorder develops at least once in the lifetime of approximately what percent of the population?

    A. 60 percent
    B. 20-25 percent
    C. 1-15 percent
    D. 10 percent