Individuals are asked to memorize list A, then list B. However, they often are unable to recall items from one of the lists depending on the task. According to Underwood, ______.

A. proactive and retroactive interference created changes in the brain that cause forgetting
B. distinctiveness of memories will increase the level of interference
C. list differentiation was a source of the forgetting
D. none of these are correct


A. proactive and retroactive interference created changes in the brain that cause forgetting

Psychology

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A. sympathetic nervous system B. cerebellum C. reticular activating system D. somatic nervous system

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The shaping of behavior is accomplished by:

a. reinforcing whenever possible. b. reinforcing only successive approximations of the final behavior desired. c. punishing any behaviors other than the desired final behavior. d. extinguishing competing behavior.

Psychology

The view held by some adolescents that what happens to them is unique, exceptional, and shared by no one else is called __________

a) imaginary audience b) personal fable c) adolescent egocentrism d) formal operation thought disorder

Psychology

Which of the following disorders involves the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states?

A. depersonalization B. dissociative identity C. dissociative fugue D. multiple trait

Psychology