Miguel has sustained a traumatic brain injury. Things that used to be quite simple are now very difficult. In particular, Miguel finds he is unable to give his address when asked for it. He can't think of his parents' names when the physician asks him for those. When put on the spot, he really struggles to give an answer to things that he should actually know. Miguel has difficulty with
a. thiamine overload.
b. Korsakoff's syndrome.
c. spontaneous recall.
d. retrograde amnesia.
c
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Long-term semantic memories seem to be located primarily in the ______
a. temporal lobe and frontal lobe b. parietal lobe and the prefrontal cortex c. hippocampus and the thalamus d. prefrontal cortex and the brain stem
Attempts to teach Chimpanzees human language have found:
A. that they learn language in very similar ways to human children. B. that their vocal tracts prevent them from learning a spoken language but they can easily acquire a sign language. C. that they have been unable to learn the grammar of a human language. D. that they simply refuse to communicate with humans.
Factors that distort the way the independent variable affects the dependent variable are referred to as
A. double-blinds. B. participant bias. C. placebo effects. D. experimental bias.
Which of the following statements is true about the learning process?
A. learning produces an automatic change in behavior. B. learning is the result of an existential process. C. changes in behavior potential occur as a result of experience. D. behavior changes in learning are always permanent.