Warrington & Shallice report a patient with a grossly defective STS (a digit span of two). This patient __________
a. had normal performance on the Brown-Peterson task
b. had reasonable learning, memory, and comprehension
c. had profound retrograde amnesia
d. had no ability to store new long-term memories
Correct: b
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a. frequency b. duration c. intensity d. time sample
A new research study is published and becomes the "hot story" in the news today. This story concerns you because the researchers report that they are the first scientists to find a higher incidence of depression in individuals who are taking a particular vitamin—the same vitamin that your physician has had you taking for years. While this may be cause for you to investigate further, you
probably shouldn't panic, because a. your physician will call you if there is anything to worry about. b. research like this is rarely accurate. c. without replication, the finding could just be due to coincidence. d. unless it was a double-blind experiment, the results are almost certainly in error.
A "sleeper effect" is said to occur when a teratogen
a. causes children to be born in a comatose state. b. affects development in some but not all embryos. c. damages the nervous system to produce unusual sleep patterns in the newborn. d. causes developmental problems later in childhood.
Chess Masters and computers have which of the following in common with regard to chess strategy?
a. They both follow explicit rules. b. They both employ a formal logic leading to a single correct solution. c. Neither anticipate consequences of strategies. d. They both follow implicit rules.