Dustin Hoffman's Character in the Movie Rain Man Exhibited Symptoms

question 350

Multiple Choice

Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rain Man exhibited symptoms of ________.

• A)intellectual disability
• B)intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder
• C)autism spectrum disorder and savant syndrome
• D)savant syndrome and intellectual disability

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Definitions:

Imagined Elements

Components or aspects of thought that exist purely in the mind and are not based on actual sensory experiences or reality.

Repressed Memories

Memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to being associated with a high level of stress or trauma but may potentially be recovered.

Roediger-McDermott Paradigm

A cognitive psychology experiment that demonstrates the creation of false memories through the presentation of lists of semantically related words.