The fact that a majority of elderly persons have excellent long-term memories for events that happened when they were young tends to cast doubt on which explanation of forgetting?
a. problems with sensory memory
b. consolidation
c. disuse
d. encoding failure
C
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a. place a relatively high value on family and community needs rather than one's own needs b. place a relatively high value on respect and virtue c. be more accepting of virtually all forms of violence d. be less accepting of virtually all forms of violence
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a. external; internal b. situational; dispositional c. stable; unstable d. locus; controllable
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A. Alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion B. Resistance, alarm reaction, exhaustion C. Resistance, exhaustion, alarm reaction D. Panic, illness, resistance
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