Regarding forgetting, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. There is evidence that memories not retrieved and "used" or rehearsed become weaker over time.
b. Research has shown that the disuse explanation provides the best explanation for forgetting in long-term memory.
c. Redintegration, relearning, and priming can recover seemingly forgotten memories.
d. Elderly persons often have vivid memories of trivial and long forgotten events from their past.
B
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a. Sleep-inducing b. Anxiety-reducing c. Antiseizure d. Calming
The activation-synthesis hypothesis would explain the bizarre nature of dreams by explaining it is due to:
a. unconscious attempts to fulfill latent wishes b. psychic premonitions of future events c. signals in the brain that are random in nature d. the splitting of consciousness into aware and unaware components
Dory is an avid hiker and is looking forward to her vacation in the mountains. It is most likely that Dory’s vacation will be appraised as ____
a. ?threatening b. ?irrelevant c. ?challenging d. ?harmful
Learning a spoken language is different from other types of learning in that
A. the ability to learn language is closely tied to measures of intelligence. B. no specific instruction is necessary. C. there is no evidence for genetic influences on language learning. D. simple exposure is insufficient for learning to occur.