A mail clerk has to rearrange mailboxes in a student dormitory and for a few days has difficulty sorting the mail. This illustrates
a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. memory decay.
d. suppression.
B
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a. deliberation process. b. adversarial model. c. reconciliation phase. d. inquisitorial model.
Barney has developed a psychological dependence on alcohol, but not a physiological dependence. This means that _____
a. his body chemistry has changed and he is likely to experience withdrawal syndrome if he stops using alcohol b. his body chemistry has changed, but he will not experience significant withdrawal syndrome if he stops usingalcohol c. his body chemistry has not changed, but he is likely to experience withdrawal syndrome if he stops using alcohol d. he has come to rely on alcohol to alleviate his feelings of anxiety when he is around his mother-in-law, but this will not create significant withdrawal symptoms if he stops using alcohol e. his body chemistry has not changed, and he will not experience significant withdrawal syndrome if he stops using alcohol
Hamasi recently suffered from a stroke. As a consequence, he has lost the ability to
communicate verbally. However, he can read many familiar words, although he does not appear to understand their meaning. He is most likely to be diagnosed with __________ dyslexia. a. surface b. phonological c. semantic d. direct e. retrograde
One approach to distinguishing Alzheimer's disease from other forms of senile dementia involves __________
a) tracking patients' circadian variables, such as body temperature. b) obtaining self-reports of sleep and memory problems. c) performing CT scans of patients' brains. d) watching for signs of sundowning and other symptoms.