Chantal Has Frontal Lobe Damage

question 12

Multiple Choice

Chantal has frontal lobe damage. She is doing a problem-solving task in which she has to choose the red object out of many choices. She can easily complete this repeatedly, but when the experimenter asks her to choose the blue object on a new trial of the task, she continues to choose the red one, even when the experimenter gives her feedback that she is incorrect. Chantal is displaying

• A) sensory memory.
• B) decay.
• C) perseveration.
• D) agnosia.

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Definitions:

Dissociation

A psychological experience in which people feel disconnected from their bodily sensations, feelings, thoughts, or sense of identity.

Split In Consciousness

Refers to a division or dissociation of awareness, whereby an individual may simultaneously hold separate streams of conscious perception or thought.

Selective Attention

The process by which a person focuses on certain sensory inputs while ignoring others.

Inattentional Blindness

The psychological phenomenon where a person fails to see an unexpected object in their field of vision because their attention is focused on something else.