Korsakov's Syndrome Is a Neurological Disorder That Makes Sufferers Unable

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Multiple Choice

Korsakov's syndrome is a neurological disorder that makes sufferers unable to form new memories.The world is disorienting and incoherent to patients with this disorder,so they often confabulate or invent fictions to make the world less scary and confusing.A social psychologist might say that these patients

• A)are not concerned with reducing ambiguity.
• B)invent schemas where none exist.
• C)are cursed with memory that is always reconstructive.
• D)have lost their schemas.
• E)cannot form schemas.

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