How Is Mental Illness Portrayed in the Media

question 34

Multiple Choice

How is mental illness portrayed in the media?

• A)most TV characters with mental disorders are associated with violence or evil
• B)most TV characters with mental disorders are associated with passivity and lack of action
• C)most TV characters with mental disorders are portrayed as victims of violence
• D)most TV characters with mental disorders are portrayed as incompetent in the workplace
• E)most TV characters with mental disorders are portrayed as sexually provocative

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Definitions:

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

A type of memory loss where the inability to recall information is due to missing cues or triggers that were present at the time the memory was encoded.

Decay

The natural process of decomposition or decline in quality, strength, or vigor over time.

Encoding Failure

A situation in which information fails to be stored into long-term memory, leading to the inability to recall it later.