Reiko is able to read a book while listening to music, but she has a hard time having a conversation at a party where loud music is playing and the sounds of other conversations are interfering with her own
As Reiko enters adulthood, her ____________, or the ability to tune out irrelevant information, will improve.
flashbulb memory
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mnemonic devices
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divided attention
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selective attention
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selective attention
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a. the attention the patient receives for being so forgetful b. excessive id control and a lack of superego c. equally weak ego and id d. extreme repression in the face of intense anxiety
Which male has erectile dysfunction based on a primarily psychological cause?
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Adopted children
A) have trouble developing feelings of trust and love toward their adoptive parents. B) tend to have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children. C) are more like their adoptive parents than their biological parents in intelligence and personality. D) fare less well than children who return to their biological mothers.