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Treating Memory and Learning in the Individual with Traumatic Brain Injury

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1.  Explicit memory includes:
  1. semantic memory
  2. priming
  3. procedural memory
  4. working memory
  5. all of the above
2.  One of the most researched aspects of TBI is predicated recovery. According to our current knowledge base, the strongest predictor for recovery of cognitive function following TBI is duration of:
  1. working memory
  2. antrograde amnesia
  3. retrograde amnesia
  4. poor mastery of external aids
  5. any of the above are equally strong predictors
3.  Individuals with TBI have identified the following as problematic:
  1. forgetting to write things down
  2. writing things down but not in enough detail so it gets thrown away
  3. missing appointments
  4. misplacing things
  5. all of the above
4.  Which structures have a functional involvement in memory:
  1. thalamus
  2. hippocampus
  3. amygdala
  4. non specific thalamus
  5. all of the above
5.  A cause of Korsakoff's syndrome is a ___________ deficiency.
  1. cortisone
  2. thiamine
  3. serotonin
  4. alcohol
  5. all of the above
6.  The four prong approach to treatment includes:
  1. compensatory strategy training
  2. real world carry over
  3. education about TBI
  4. impairment level training
  5. all of the above
7.  An important component of impairment level training is:
  1. practice output
  2. self-pacing
  3. use of cognitive enhancing medications
  4. using vanishing cues
  5. all of the above
8.  The capacity of STM be increased by:
  1. grouping
  2. lumping
  3. bunching
  4. chunking
  5. all of the above
9.  Which of the following is not an explanation for forgetting?
  1. decay
  2. interference
  3. displacement
  4. deprivation
  5. all of the above
10.  Serial learning is definitely needed when:
  1. memorizing the meanings of traffic symbols for a driver's test
  2. memorizing the turns to get through a crowded city
  3. memorizing names of people you met only once
  4. learning to recognize faces
  5. all of the above