Excessive or Unrealistic Fearfulness and Anxiety Are Characteristic Of

question 168

Multiple Choice

Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and anxiety are characteristic of:

• A)mood disorders.
• B)dissociative neurosis.
• C)anxiety disorders.
• D)amnesia.

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Definitions:

Interference

A cognitive process where previously learned information hinders the ability to learn new information or the recall of existing information.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Directed Forgetting

A psychological process in which individuals intentionally try to forget information, revealing the active control people have over their memory.