Mr. Dixon is filling in a credit application that requires him to list all his addresses and phone numbers for the past seven years. He is having trouble because he has moved four times in the past seven years, and he can't seem to recall the correct information for each place he has lived. Based on what is known about memory failures, you should conclude that Mr. Dixon's problem results from:

a. proactive interference
b. transfer-appropriate processing
c. state-dependent forgetting
d. retroactive interference

D

Psychology

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The ____________________ theory of emotion argues that emotion occurs when the thalamus simultaneously sends signals to the cerebral cortex and to the autonomic nervous system

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Children are able to draw logically correct conclusions in problems with two true premises, but adolescents are able to draw logically correct conclusions in problems with _____________________premises

a. verbal b. counterfactual c. counterfeit d. unreasonable

Psychology