While gardening, Greg tripped over a coil of wound-up hose and fell face first on the pavement. He suffered damage to the hippocampal region in his brain. While recovering in the hospital, he consistently greeted his friends and family as though he was seeing them again after a long time, even though he had visited with them the previous night. He often forgot what he did during the day. However,
he could still recall adventures from his teenage years without effort. Greg MOST likely has:
A) retrograde amnesia.
B) anterograde amnesia.
C) long-term potentiation.
D) short-term potentiation.
B) anterograde amnesia.
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A. a psychoactive substance abuse disorder B. tolerance C. withdrawal symptoms D. an organic impairment
Which of the following characteristics is not considered to be true of physically attractive people?
A. they have good genes B. they are healthy C. they are potentially good mates D. they are conceited
Celia is a juror at a trial. Based on her reading of newspapers, Celia has already decided that the defendant is guilty. She sticks to her decision even when the defense attorney presents strong contradicting evidence. Celia is demonstrating
a. functional fixedness. b. mental set. c. confirmation bias. d. availability heuristic. e. representativeness heuristic.
In order to conduct a one-sample t-test, the sample scores must be related in some systematic way to each other.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)