What are anterograde and retrograde amnesia? What do we know about anterograde amnesia and the hippocampus? What do we know about retrograde amnesia and consolidation?
What will be an ideal response?
* Anterograde amnesia is the inability to store new memories following a traumatic event.
* Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory that was stored before a traumatic event.
* The hippocampus appears to be involved in the storage of new memories.
* The consolidation hypothesis predicts that memories need to be "set" or consolidated before they are stored.
* A traumatic event may prevent memories from being consolidated.
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The question "When will it happen again?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?
a) description b) explanation c) prediction d) control
According to Super and Harkness, there are several methods that are suitable for studying
components of the developmental niche. They include a. participant observation, diaries, and ethnographic interviews. b. quasi-experimentation, controlled experimentation, and structured questioning. c. controlled experimentation, spot observations and longitudinal data. d. none of the above are suitable methods.