What are two explanations for the inability to remember anything before age 2?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Awareness of the self is not stable before this age, therefore information cannot be effectively organized in a self-schema.
- Memories are encoded in a narrative form; without words to describe events, the memories cannot be stored. Language development accelerates after age 2.
- The hippocampus is not fully myelinated until age 5.
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a. reexperiencing the trauma b. social support c. stimulant medication d. cognitive avoidance
Although expressions of sadness also occur in response to pain, removal of an object, and brief separations, they are __________ than anger
A) less intense B) less frequent C) more intense D) more frequent
D'Asha is being asked to name different types of animals. Which of the Bayley-III scales is she being tested for?
A. Cognitive B. Social-Emotional C. Language D. Adaptive Behavior
Fromm's syndrome of decay consists of all the following except
A. malignant narcissism. B. malignant aggression. C. necrophilia. D. incestuous symbiosis.