True/False The case of patient H.M. showed that the hippocampus and medial temporal lobes are critical for forming all types of long-term memory.
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True/False The serial position curve provides evidence for the distinction between short-term and long-term memory because different factors affect the primacy effect vs. the recency effect.
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True/False Hippocampal damage would be expected to cause complete anterograde amnesia and some retrograde amnesia for very old memories.
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True/False Retrieval of a long-term memory involves reactivating the distributed code of a memory that is spread across different cortical areas.
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- First, state whether each of these examples is a case of explicit or implicit memory (1 point each). Next, state the type of explicit or implicit memory it best matches (episodic memory, semantic memory, procedural memory, perceptual priming, conceptual priming, statistical learning). (2 points each)
- __________ __________ Cory is shopping at a grocery store with Christmas decorations everywhere and Christmas music playing. She thinks about how she hasn’t had eggnog in a while, so she decides to buy some.
- __________ __________ Jared gets a memo in his office every Monday that always has a similar layout. He doesn’t bother reading the whole thing because he can quickly scan through it to pick out the important details.
- __________ __________ Sean wants to buy a Toyota as his next vehicle because he knows they have a reputation for being reliable.
- __________ __________ Cheyanne was playing with her dog in her house before leaving to go run some errands. When she walks outside, she sees a cloud that immediately reminds her of the silhouette of her dog.
- __________ __________ Julian has been a chef for over 20 years and astounds his friends with how quickly and efficiently he can prepare dishes.
- __________ __________ Larry remembers going to the movies yesterday evening with his friend, Ted.
2. Which of the following is NOT true of long-term memory formation in the brain? (2 points)
A. The memory itself is a distributed code, consisting of many different regions within the neocortex.
B. The hippocampal system aids memory formation by connecting different regions of the brain to form a memory network.
C. Long-term potentiation is the neural mechanism for changing the strength of neural networks.
D. Long-term potentiation works by increasing the electric charge associated with the action potentials of each neuron in the memory network.
E. Long-term potentiation has been shown to occur very quickly in the hippocampus, allowing us to rapidly form new memories.
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3. Which of the following is NOT true of eyewitness testimony? (2 points)
A. Using a cognitive interview that asks open-ended questions slowly and with few interruptions can reduce recollection errors by the witness.
B. It is important that lineups use a double-blind design, where neither the witness nor the person conducting the lineup know who the suspect is.
C. Most wrongful convictions overturned by DNA evidence were mostly built upon testimony from an eyewitness.
D. Some evidence seems to indicate that a simultaneous line-up procedure results in less errors than a sequential lineup procedure.
E. Typical police interviews often open up the possibility of false memories through suggestion or concentration disruption.
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