A Disease That Can Occur in Premature Babies That Causes

question 30

Multiple Choice

A disease that can occur in premature babies that causes severe visual impairments or blindness is called:

• A)Retinal detachment of prematurity
• B)Retinal degeneration of prematurity
• C)Retinopathy of prematurity
• D)None of the above

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Definitions:

Automatic Processing

The unconscious encoding of information regarding space, time, frequency, and the meaning of words which happens without effort.

Sensory Memory

The ability to keep sensory information impressions for a brief period after the initial stimuli are no longer present, representing the most fleeting aspect of memory.

Meaningful Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, using associations with knowledge already stored in the memory to make the new information more memorable.

Proactive Interference

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.