When the Trick Lock Jams, an Escape Artist Submerged in a Tank

question 514

Multiple Choice

When the trick lock jams, an escape artist submerged in a tank of water and bound with 200 pounds of chain becomes quite frustrated because of

• A)the importance and urgency of the blocked goal.
• B)the severe approach-avoidance conflict he is experiencing.
• C)the repetitive nature of this incident.
• D)his realization that a mistake has been made.

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Definitions:

Mnemonics

Memory tools or strategies used to enhance recall through associations among easy-to-remember constructs.

Infantile Amnesia

The inability of adults to recall autobiographical memories from early childhood, typically before the age of three or four.

Hippocampus

A key region of the brain involved in memory formation, organization, and retrieval.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into formats that can be stored in memory.