When You Momentarily Forget a Friend's Name, the Function of Memory

question 142

Multiple Choice

When you momentarily forget a friend's name, the function of memory that has failed is ____.

• A) storage
• B) reproduction
• C) retrieval
• D) encoding

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Definitions:

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique where patients are encouraged to verbalize thoughts as freely as they occur, without censorship.

Psychodynamic Therapists

Mental health professionals who engage in therapies rooted in psychoanalytic theories, focusing on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's present behavior.

Psychodynamic Perspective

A view in psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Behaviorism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, emphasizing the role of environmental factors in shaping behavior.