Which of the following defines retrograde amnesia?
a. The inability to retrieve events that occurred before a given time
b. The inability to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory
c. The strengthening of synaptic connections
d. The loss of memory due to the passage of time
a. The inability to retrieve events that occurred before a given time
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Manic episodes alternate with depressive episodes in the disorder called a. bipolar disorder
b. major depressive disorder. c. complicated grief. d. cyclothymia.
Buster graduated from high school but never went on to college. His friend Butch dropped out of high school right before graduation. Which of the following statistics would apply to Buster and Butch?
Butch is 50 percent more likely to have serious hearing loss than Buster. Buster and Butch are both likely to earn only minimum wage. As long as Butch completes his GED, he will probably make as much money as Buster. Buster is more likely than Butch to die from heart disease.
The idea that all events, physical, mental, and behavioral, are the result of, or are determined by, specific causal factors is known as
a. hypothesis. b. replication. c. generalization. d. determinism.
__________ emphasizes the importance of learning and the environment rather than biological or unconscious drives
a. Bandura's social learning theory b. Erikson's psychosocial theory c. Freud's psychodynamic theory d. Jung's analytical psychology