Several weeks after changing his phone number, Marcus can no longer remember his old phone number. Marcus’ inability to recall his old phone number due to his memory for the new phone number is an example of
A. proactive interference
B. retroactive interference
C. left neglect
D. the recency effect
Ans: B. retroactive interference
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interpretation are designed to help clients repressnegative aspects of their personalities. d. Freud believed when a client has self-insight her/his ego no longer needs to maintain defensive behaviors or psychological symptoms. e. In psychoanalysis, the therapist offers interpretations to help the client gain insight into the unconscious origins of their problems.
The genes within each chromosome can be expressed in different forms, or ______, that influence a variety of physical characteristics.
A. zygotes B. nuclei C. gametes D. alleles
You are walking down a deserted alley late at night; and you hear a sudden noise to your left. Your sympathetic nervous system prepares your body for fight or flight, and you experience fear. Just before you turn to run, however, you see a cat race away from the trash can he was digging in. "Oh, that was the noise," you think. Instead of experiencing fear, you laugh wildly at what you had imagined was coming after you in the alley. This set of events is best described by which theory of emotion?
a. the common sense theory b. the James-Lange theory c. Schachter's cognitive theory d. the Cannon-Bard theory
Why do touch therapy and kangaroo care have substantial benefits for premature infants?
a. They help to calm premature infants, who tend to cry excessively. b. They provide an environment that is similar to that of neonatal intensive care units. c. They release hormones that facilitate brain development in infants and mother-infant bonding. d. They help the infants develop their own sense of touch.