Randy Is a Typical Six-Year-Old and His Brother Mark Is

question 56

Multiple Choice

Randy is a typical six-year-old and his brother Mark is a typical 16-year-old.How do their information processing skills most likely differ on a memory task?

• A)Randy will be able to learn more than Mark if both are given extra time to study for the task.
• B)Randy will be more likely to utilize deliberate strategies while Mark will rely on unconscious strategies.
• C)Mark will recall both more relevant information and task-irrelevant information.
• D)Mark will recall more relevant information and is less likely to recall task-irrelevant information.

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Definitions:

Dissociation

A psychological experience of feeling disconnected or detached from one's mind, body, or surroundings, often as a response to trauma or extreme stress.

Pierre Janet

A pioneering French psychologist and neurologist known for his work on hysteria, dissociation, and the unconscious mind.

Consciousness

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, and experiences.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memory and sense of identity.