Korsakov's syndrome is a neurological disorder that makes sufferers unable to form new memories
The world is disorienting and incoherent to patients with this disorder, so they often confabulate and invent fictions to make the world less scary and confusing. A social psychologist might say that these patients
a. invent schemas where none exist.
b. have lost their schemas.
c. can only use controlled but not automatic processes.
d. are not concerned with reducing ambiguity.
Answer: A
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