Explain how Lane’s reconsolidation therapy uses the reconstructive nature of memory to reduce the effect of traumatic memories.

What will be an ideal response?


By activating traumatic memories and attaching new experiences to them, a new memory
trace is created. Ideally, subsequent retrievals of the memory will have new, positive experiences
attached to it, reducing the traumatic effects.

Psychology

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According to trait theory, the extent to which people try to get along with others measures their __________ .

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

The information-processing approach to intelligence ______.

A. predates the Binet-Simon and Wechsler approaches B. assesses infant intelligence by studying their motor skills C. assumes efficient information processing allows people to adapt quickly D. examines brain volume and cortical thickness as predictors of intelligence

Psychology

________ theory suggests a history of child abuse involved in the development of dissociative identity disorder

a. Learning
b. Cognitive
c. Posttraumatic
d. Biological

Psychology

As 5- to 6-month olds' reaching for an object in a darkened room reveals, reaching is largely controlled by ________.

A. hand-eye coordination B. gross-motor development C. vision and hearing D. our sense of movement and location in space

Psychology