Lyle,an Amnesic Patient,thinks That He Has Met You Before

question 46

Multiple Choice

Lyle,an amnesic patient,thinks that he has met you before."I remember you because of your red hat.And I was your boss at the mayor's office in Cleveland.I was the mayor then,you know.We had many dinners together,and you used to order the Delmonico steaks with onion rings on top." Lyle firmly believes these things are true,yet none of them really happened.Lyle has damaged the ____ of his brain.

• A) hippocampus
• B) mediodorsal thalamus
• C) corpus callosum
• D) Wernicke's area

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Definitions:

Stereotyping

The act of assigning specific attributes to an individual or group based on perceived characteristics of the group they belong to, often oversimplifying complex diversities.

Deductive Reasoning

A reasoning method where an inference is drawn from the agreement of several assumptions which are typically believed to be accurate.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where one's overall impression of a person influences how one feels and thinks about their character or properties.

Creative Thinking

The ability to think in unique, novel, and original ways in order to solve problems or generate new ideas.