A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. Although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. The officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries

When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?
a. proactive amnesia
b. anterograde amnesia
c. retrograde amnesia
d. retroactive amnesia
e. pernicious amnesia

b. anterograde amnesia

Psychology

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a. a typical U.S. child works more than four hours per day. b. U.S. children spend little discretionary time with friends. c. a typical U.S. child works less than half an hour per day. d. U.S. children spend more time on homework than do children from any another culture. e. free time for U.S. children has decreased over the last 20 years.

Psychology

The "average variance for any source is found by dividing the sum of its variance by the degrees of freedom associated with it and is called the _____

a. F ratio c. mean square b. average total variance d. average error variance

Psychology