Sam Is Participating in a Study Regarding Retrieval from Short-Term

question 19

Multiple Choice

Sam is participating in a study regarding retrieval from short-term memory.He memorizes a list of five items.What is most likely to happen?

• A)He is able to retrieve the items simultaneously.
• B)He can identify any of the five items in the same amount of time.
• C)He remembers the middle item the most quickly.
• D)He searches through his short-term memory one item at a time.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Freud, focusing on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's behavior and emphasizes the exploration of dreams, symbolic meanings, and free association.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to gradually reduce anxiety through controlled exposure to feared stimuli.

Cognitive Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that aims to change negative patterns of thinking or behavior to treat psychological disorders and improve mental health.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychological disorders that emphasizes the role of unconscious factors in determining behavior, founded by Sigmund Freud.