According to psychologists, the decay theory of forgetting suggests that:

a. competition from other information causes memories to be forgotten or lost
b. events that occur after encoding can alter or distort existing memories
c. events that occur prior to encoding can alter or distort existing memories
d. the passage of time causes memories to be spontaneously forgotten or lost


D

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Esther lives with her parents. She frequently has relapses into schizophrenia. If her family is

characterized by expressed emotion, what behaviors can we expect of her parents that induce relapse? What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

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Psychology