In the Study Mentioned in the Text, the German Man

question 56

Multiple Choice

In the study mentioned in the text, the German man who had dissociative fugue denied that he could speak German. However, he learned German-English word pairs much faster than control words. This supports that ________

• A) mainly episodic memory is lost; implicit memory stays intact.
• B) mainly implicit memory is lost; episodic memory stays intact.
• C) both episodic and implicit memory are affected.
• D) most people with dissociative fugue are faking.

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