In anterograde amnesia, there is

a. an inability to form new long-term memories.
b. an inability to retrieve old long-term memories.
c. a problem where new information interferes with old. d. a problem where old information interferes with new.
e. a problem where all memories are kept hidden from awareness.


a

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Dr. Skinner wants a pigeon to learn to peck a button in its cage. He first records how often the pigeon pecks the button. Then, after 3 days, he begins to give food to the pigeon every time it pecks the button. The pigeon's rate of pecking the button increases. After 3 days, he quits giving the pigeon food contingent on its pecking the button. The pigeon's rate of pecking the button decreases

After 3 more days, Dr. Skinner begins giving the pigeon food for pecking the button again, and its rate of pecking increases again. What kind of experimental design has Dr. Skinner used? a. Teaching Design b. Changing Conditions Design c. AB d. ABAB

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Suppose that you own several dogs. After sustaining damage to your visual association

cortex, you can no longer tell your dogs' faces apart. Which diagnosis is most likely? a. Cerebral achromatopsia b. Balint's syndrome c. Interpersonal agnosia d. Prosopagnosia e. Visual neglect

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Those with the preoccupied relationship style showed which of the following?

A. high self-confidence B. high self-disclosure C. low caregiving behaviors D. low warmth toward others

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