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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Definitions:

Error Variance

The portion of variation in a set of observations that arises from random factors as opposed to systematic influences.

Imperfect Matching

A scenario in research where participants in different groups or conditions are not perfectly comparable due to varying characteristics that may affect the outcome.

Crossover Design

A research method where participants receive more than one treatment in a specific order, allowing comparison of different interventions within the same group.

Dependent Variable

The outcome variable being measured in an experiment or study, which is hypothesized to depend on or be affected by the independent variable(s).