Carter is currently 28 years old. He was bitten quite badly by a dog when he was 8 years old. Today, even though his parents still sometimes mention this incident, Carter has no memory of ever being bitten. According to Freud, Carter may be:
a. showing signs of proactive interference
b. using repression to push the memory out of his conscious awareness
c. experiencing retrograde amnesia
d. suffering from Korsakoff's Syndrome
B
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a. will not; neither group will become distressed b. will; those receiving cucumbers will become distressed c. will; those receiving bananas will become distressed d. will; both those receiving cucumbers and those receiving bananas will become distressed
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a. only in individuals with HIV b. only in individuals with AIDS c. when an immune system damage is more severe d. in people with normal immune systems
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a. "Wait until you are completely relaxed and comfortable before taking a social risk.". b. "Even people who are very socially skillful are never successful 100 percent of the time. So, I shouldn't get so upset when an encounter goes badly.". c. "If someone doesn't seem to like you right away, realize that they never will like you, so move on.". d. "The odds of meeting someone interested in socializing are always the same, no matter where I am.".
Why do some researchers believe that contemporary childhood has moved backward?
a. because children today are often spoiled by their parents b. because children today are under too much pressure to succeed c. because children spend so much time being unsupervised d. because TV has made children privy to adult issues