Which of the Following Topics Is Most Controversial Among Current

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following topics is most controversial among current psychologists? That is, which of them is believed by some and strongly disbelieved by others?

• A) The tendency for proactive interference to enhance forgetting.
• B) The ability of therapy patients to accurately recover repressed memories of early sexual abuse.
• C) Existence of different kinds of memory--e.g., procedural vs. declarative, explicit vs. implicit.
• D) The possibility of being influenced in behavior by implicit memories, even though one does not recall them consciously.

Understand Kohlberg's stages of moral development and how they apply to real-life scenarios.

Grasp Gilligan's theory of moral development and its emphasis on care and relationships.

Identify factors that can lead to aggressive behavior in children.

Analyze errors in social information processing and their impact on behavior.

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Definitions:

Positive Romberg

A neurological test result indicating a loss of balance when the eyes are closed, suggesting issues with proprioception or the inner ear.

Ataxia

A neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements.

Homan Sign

A clinical sign often used in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), identified by pain in the calf or popliteal region upon dorsiflexion of the patient's foot.

High Pitched

High pitched describes sounds that are at the upper end of the audible spectrum, characterized by a high frequency.