A police officer was shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. Although emergency brain surgery saved his life, it left him unable to store new information. When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?
a) proactive amnesia
b) anterograde amnesia
c) retrograde amnesia
d) retroactive amnesia
ANS: b
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Mom Billie and dad Bob are discussing the abilities of their two-month-old son Thorton. Billie claims that Thorton can recognize both of his parent's voices. Bob says that Thorton cannot recognize either voice. If Thorton is a typical two-month-old, then who is correct?
a. Billie b. Bob c. Neither, as Thorton can likely recognize Billie's voice but not Bob's voice d. Neither, as Thorton can likely recognize Bob's voice but not Billie's voice
What type of therapy involves the identification and changing of maladaptive thought patterns?
a. psychoanalysis c. cognitive therapy b. behavior therapy d. client-centered therapy
If an investigator determines that Carlo's score is five times as large as the score of Juan, the measuring scale used must have been a(an)_______ scale
a. nominal c. interval b. ordinal d. ratio
Positive reinforcement ________ the likelihood that the behavior preceding it will happen again while negative reinforcement ________ the likelihood that the preceding behavior will happen again
a. decreases; decreases b. decreases; increases c. increases; increases d. increases; decreases