Question Bank in line with Memory Foundations and Applications, Schwartz,3e

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Memory



Test Bank



Multiple Choice



1. What kind of a coil does TMS use to stimulate particular areas of the brain?

a. magnetic

b. behavior

c. memory

d. zinc

Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Difficulty Level: Easy



2. Magnetic fields created in an fMRI use a three-dimensional image capturing ______
of the brain.

a. density

b. structure

c. function

d. measurements

Ans: b

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Neuroimaging

Difficulty Level: Medium

,3. PET scans use special chemicals to obtain a three-dimensional image of the brain.
What kind of chemicals are these?

a. organic

b. compound

c. magnetic

d. radioactive

Ans: d

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Neuroimaging

Difficulty Level: Easy



4. MEG uses a specific kind of sensor to detect small magnetic fields produced by
electrical activity. What are these sensors?

a. radioactive

b. magnetic

c. structure

d. function

Ans: b

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Neuroimaging

Difficulty Level: Easy



5. EEG uses a special material to measure electric output of the brain. What are these
special materials?

a. electrodes

b. magnets

c. chemicals

d. sensors

,Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Neuroimaging

Difficulty Level: Easy



6. Neuroimaging uses a set of techniques to observe the brain and assign functions.
What is the function of this type of operation called?

a. shocking

b. stimulating

c. mapping

d. aligning

Ans: c

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Neuroimaging

Difficulty Level: Medium



7. Neuropsychology is the study of people with specific damage. What kind of damage is
the speciality?

a. head

b. brain

c. skull

d. thought

Ans: b

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Neuropsychology

Difficulty Level: Medium

, 8. What type of mental structure is common across many different types of animals?

a. memory

b. brains

c. neurons

d. genetics

Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Animal Models

Difficulty Level: Medium



9. Judgments of learning are called this as we study items and whether or not we will
remember them.

a. memories

b. hopes

c. models

d. predictions

Ans: d

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Metamemory Judgments

Difficulty Level: Easy



10. Reality monitoring is our specific ability to do this concerning memory as reality or
imagined.

a. sense

b. care

c. measure

d. distinguish