Describe the typical causes of amnestic disorder
What will be an ideal response?
Amnestic disorder refers to the inability to transfer information from short-term memory to long-term memory. It can be due to drug use, strokes, or head injury. Wernicke-Korsakof's syndrome is a particular amnestic disorder associated with a lack of thiamine due to alcoholism and malnutrition.
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While the term psychology has existed since at least the early 1700s, psychology did not come to be considered a science until
a. the 1750s. b. the early 1800s. c. the late 1800s. d. the 1940s.
Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in
the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that he only remembers the names of the people in the first group, though he also remembers the profession of the last woman he met (the accountant). Lamar's experience demonstrates a. The phonological similarity effect b. A build-up and release of proactive interference c. The cocktail party phenomenon d. A partial-report procedure
The baby is born at the end of
the first stage of labor. transition. the second stage of labor. the third stage of labor.
This group of psychologists felt that the goal of the field should be to identify the actual purposes of consciousness and to understand how human awareness contributes to our lives.
A. Structuralists B. Functionalists C. Psychoanalysts D. Gestaltists