After suffering a head injury in a car accident, Molly cannot remember anything that happened before the accident. What term will her physician use to describe her condition?
a. agnosia
b. apraxia
c. retrograde amnesia
d. dissociative amnesia
Answer: c.
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a. no relationship; a curvilinear relationship b. a curvilinear relationship; a negative relationship c. a positive relationship; a negative relationship d. a negative relationship; a positive relationship
An information-processing theorist would most likely refer to _____ as being part of the mind's "software."
a. the brain b. sensory receptors c. neural connections d. mental problem-solving strategies
Explain what differentiates objective measures from subjective measures.
What will be an ideal response?
Two students, Edward and Edwina, serve as subjects in a conditioning experiment. The CS is a buzzer; the US is a mild electric shock; the UR is a change in the electrical conductivity of their skin called the Galvanic Skin Response. Both subjects undergo 50 trials, but the experimenter feels sorry for Edwina so periodically he lets her off without a shock. The results will indicate that _______
a. the CR is stronger in Edward b. the CR is stronger in Edwina c. there is no difference in the CRs produced by Edward and Edwina d. Edward salivates at the sight of Edwina