What mechanisms other than repression could account for a person's psychogenic amnesia?
What will be an ideal response?
3. The person could be intentionally avoiding the memory by using distraction or focusing on positive experiences; failure to rehearse the memory may be causing it to fade; or the person may be avoiding retrieval cues that would evoke the memory.
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A famous psychologist argues that personal and situational factors are critical to personality and behavior. This psychologist is most likely a __________ psychologist.
A. psychodynamic B. social cognitive C. psychoanalytic D. trait
Describe and evaluate the cognitive-behavioral model of mental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
In statistics, a sample is
a. the entire group to which a law is applied. b. a subset of a group to which a law is applied. c. all of the subjects in which we are interested. d. at least half of the subjects in the population.
Alpha brain waves are
a. low-amplitude waves of 8 to 13 cycles per second. b. emitted when we close our eyes and relax before going to sleep. c. seen during REM sleep. d. a and b.