Medved (2007) Interviewed a Number of Patients with Anterograde Amnesia

question 6

Multiple Choice

Medved (2007) interviewed a number of patients with anterograde amnesia with the goal of understanding what it was like to be amnesic.She found that:

• A)few, if any, amnesiacs are aware of their memory deficits.
• B)amnesiacs seldom understand the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia.
• C)amnesic patients engage in a number of compensatory behaviors to limit the impact of their amnesia in conversations with others.
• D)amnesic patients seldom prefer repetition priming to other methods of eliciting implicit memory.

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Drive

An internal urge that motivates behavior towards satisfying a need or achieving a goal.

Degree of Arousal

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