Forgetting the Answers to Items on This Test That You

question 206

Multiple Choice

Forgetting the answers to items on this test that you knew when you entered the classroom can best be explained as

• A) retrieval failure.
• B) encoding failure.
• C) motivated forgetting.
• D) consolidation failure.

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Definitions:

Hypothalamus

In vertebrates, part of the brain that helps regulate the internal environment of the body—for example, heart rate, body temperature, and water balance.

Estrogen

Female sex hormone that helps maintain sexual organs and secondary sex characteristics.

Cross-Linked Proteins

Proteins whose amino acid side chains form covalent bonds with each other, stabilizing their structure and affecting their properties.

DNA Mutations

Alterations in the DNA sequence that can lead to changes in gene function and can be inherited or acquired.