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
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
