Moderate amounts of hormones released by the adrenal glands during stress and emotional arousal tend to:
a. enhance memory.
b. produce tip-of-the-tongue states.
c. cause retroactive interference.
d. lead to motivated forgetting.
A
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. verbal comprehension. b. perceptual index. c. working memory. d. processing speed.
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a. systematic account of classical conditioning. b. application of operant procedures. c. public criticism of insight therapy. d. influence on Watson.