You move to a new house and memorize your new phone number. Now, you can't remember your old phone number. This is an example of
a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. retrograde amnesia.
d. motivated forgetting.
A
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The in-depth section of Chapter 5 discussed the research about anxiety disorders and memory accuracy for words related to anxiety. According to this research,
a. no matter how memory is measured, there are no significant differences between low-anxious and high-anxious people, with respect to memory for words related to anxiety. b. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured in terms of implicit memory. c. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured on a recognition test. d. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured on a recall test.
Which of the following is a symptom of a manic episode?
a. Slowed speech b. Hypoactive behavior c. Hypersomnia d. Grandiosity
Which characteristic does NOT describe a normal distribution?
A) It is symmetrical. B) It has a peak in the middle. C) It is positively skewed. D) It trails off at both ends.
Exhibitionism, fetishism, and voyeurism are considered
a. sexual dysfunctions. b. paraphilias. c. gender-identity disorders. d. somatoform disorders.