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1

Herman Ebbinghaus, using himself as the only participant in his study, memorized lists of three-letter nonsense syllables, and found that the most rapid forgetting occurs
A)in the first 3 hours.
B)in the first 9 hours.
C)in the first 24 hours.
D)in the first week.
2

Memory loss through the process decay is
A)the loss of information through nonuse.
B)the erasure of engrams.
C)information in memory disrupting the recall of other information.
D)none of the above
3

You may not remember your old phone number after you have moved to another state because your new number has replaced it. This is caused by
A)retrograde amnesia.
B)retroactive interference.
C)source amnesia.
D)proactive interference.
4

Memory consolidation may continue for _____ and even _____.
A)days; years
B)several minutes; hours
C)days; weeks
D)years; longer
5

The ____________, a part of the brain's limbic system plays a central role in the consolidation of memories and aids in the initial encoding of information.
A)hypothalamus
B)cerebellum
C)hippocampus
D)thalamus





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