Gwen is held up at knifepoint, and her young son is kidnapped. Eventually, her son is found and returned. However, Gwen is unable to recall events that occurred since the attack, although she remembers some new experiences; worse still, she finds that she is forgetting events that occurred even before the attack. This is a classic example of:
a. generalized amnesia.
b. selective amnesia.
c. continuous amnesia.
d. localized amnesia.
a. generalized amnesia.
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a. Comparisons of the brains of hundreds of people with and without PTSD b. Studies of soldiers who had brain scans prior to enduring a traumatic experience c. Comparisons of the brains of monozygotic twins with and without PTSD d. Studies of the brains of people before and after treatment for PTSD
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a. replicating a cell’s genetic makeup during division b. influencing the behavior of a segment of society c. converting genetic instructions into a feature of a living cell d. chromosomal recombination during gamete formation
Operational definitions are used to specify:
a. dependent variables. b. independent variables. c. confounding variables. d. both independent and dependent variables.
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a. progressive c. autogenic b. guided d. systematic