Brett was an eye witness to a crime, but he misidentifies the suspect in court because he saw the suspect's picture in the newspaper and not at the crime scene. This type of error occurs due to elaborative processing causing the origins of a memory to be misremembered, a situation referred to as __________ confusion
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Psychology
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The retrograde amnesia associated with closed-head injury has been frequently studied in laboratory animals by
A) hitting them on the head with a little rubber hammer. B) administering acetylcholine agonists. C) administering electroconvulsive shock. D) using multiple-trial learning tests that must be learned over several days. E) both B and D
Psychology
Joe had an insecure attachment to both parents in infancy. According to longitudinal studies he is likely to
a. be aggressive with peers. b. develop close friendships with peers. c. show avoidance of peers. d. look to his friends as alternate attachment figures.
Answer: a. be aggressive with peers.
Psychology