The process whereby memories can become vulnerable to disruption when they are recalled, thus requiring them to be consolidated again is termed:
A) reconsolidation.
B) reformatting.
C) defragmentation.
D) deconsolidation.
A) reconsolidation.
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A functionalist would disagree with which of the following statements?
a. Consciousness can be broken down into elemental parts. b. Consciousness is a continuous process. c. Behavior and mental processes are adaptive. d. all of these
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a. their early language skills. b. their ability to discriminate phonemes from foreign languages. c. their acquisition of syntax. d. their rate of pragmatic errors.
Which finding describes the results of an experiment involving memory for unfamiliar faces, constructed from Identi-Kits?
a. People, initially shown undistorted faces, were more likely to recognize the undistorted faces than caricatures. b. People, initially shown undistorted faces, were more likely to recognize caricatures than the undistorted faces. c. People, initially shown caricatures, were more likely to recognize caricatures than undistorted faces. d. People, initially shown caricatures, were more likely to recognize undistorted faces than caricatures.