The emphasis of the concept of working memory is on how information is
a. permanently stored.
b. manipulated.
c. forgotten.
d. perceived.
b
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The text refers to a study by Pietrzak, Goldstein, Southwick & Grant (2011) that asked participants with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to identify the “worst trauma they had ever experienced.” Based on this study, who is most likely to have had posttraumatic stress disorder?
a. ?Nathan, who watched many hours of television coverage of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center b. Ashley, who helped care for her mother during her final stages of cancer? c. ?Luis, whose brother was killed in a sudden car accident d. ?Jessica, who was sexually assaulted in a parking garage at night
One drawback to the cross-sectional approach is its inability to evaluate cohort effects
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The creation of an inaccurate record of childhood sexual abuse is called false memory syndrome. 2. Directed forgetting occurs with recall but not with recognition tasks. 3. Cheating is an example of motivated forgetting. 4. The hippocampus and prefrontal cortex have no impact on the ability to recall past events. 5. Utilization of mnemonics can help you to recall information.
About __________ of Americans are overweight or obese.
A. one-fourth B. one-third C. one-half D. three-fourths