During the memory process of ________, we select, identify, and label an experience

When patients who are suffering delusions are confronted with contradictory evidence, they

a. defend their beliefs with conviction. b. concede their error but then develop new delusions. c. defend their beliefs but only half-heartedly, knowing they are in error. d. are unable to engage in coherent speech.

Which of the following best explains why most of us cannot describe or recall events that happened to us as infants?

Emotions are closely tied to memory, and the emotional centers of the infant brain have not yet developed. Language is an important tool in memory formation, and infants have not yet developed language skills. Infants are not motivated to form long-term memories as long as their needs are being met. The memory areas of the cortex are not yet present in infants.