Gretchen Is Clinically Depressed

question 69

Multiple Choice

Gretchen is clinically depressed. When asked to remember and discuss her childhood, her therapist noticed her memories of her past appeared to be distorted and quite negative relative to what the therapist already knew about Gretchen's family history. Gretchen's memory of her past is influenced by

• A) mnemonics.
• B) context-dependent learning.
• C) a retrospective bias.
• D) priming.

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