After Appearing Live on Australian Television, Memory Expert Donald Thomson

question 468

Multiple Choice

After appearing live on Australian television, memory expert Donald Thomson was accused of rape. It turns out that the victim was watching him on TV when the actual rapist broke into her apartment. This tragic case of mistaken identity was due to

• A)source confusion.
• B)encoding failure.
• C)retroactive suppression.
• D)"memory jamming."

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Definitions:

Fatty Acid

Molecule that contains a hydrocarbon chain and ends with an acid group.

Amino Acid

Organic compounds that combine to form proteins, serving as the building blocks of protein synthesis and playing vital roles in processes such as neurotransmitter transport and biosynthesis.

Hemoglobin

A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and returns carbon dioxide from the body to the lungs.

Polypeptide Chains

Sequences of amino acids linked by peptide bonds, forming part of or the whole protein molecule.