When six-year-old Sven's parents overhear him describing his third birthday party, they look at each other in surprise
Sven appears to remember that the birthday cake his father was baking burned and his aunt had to run out and buy one from a bakery, even though Sven was not present when those events occurred. Sven's memory illustrates the concept of _________.
a. priming
b. implicit memory
c. confabulation
d. decay
Answer: c
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Divorced mothers often appear transformed to their children. Which of the following "transformations" is most likely to be perceived by children?
a. From a stressed-out, hostile parent to a warm loving one after the divorce b. From a warm, responsive parent to a hostile, less caring parent after the divorce c. From coercive and mean to friendly and fun after the divorce d. From uninvolved to permissive after the divorce
Research using a narrative method suggests that people ________ memories to make sense of their past.
A. embellish B. construct C. generate D. suppress
A ______________ is based on the value of each option to an individual and the likely outcome of each option
a. decision c. problem solution b. judgment d. rationale
When a clinician does not predict that his client will commit murder, and the client does, indeed, commit murder, the situation would be considered a __________.
A. true positive B. false positive C. true negative D. false negative