How Are the Confabulations Offered by Patients with Prefrontal Cortex

question 82

Multiple Choice

How are the confabulations offered by patients with prefrontal cortex damage similar to the answers given by normal people who have learned something poorly?

• A) The same wrong answers tend to be given each time they are asked the same question.
• B) Different wrong answers tend to be given each time they are asked the same question.
• C) People tend to answer "I don't know" when they are asked the same question more than once.
• D) They tend to be wild guesses that have little chance of being correct

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Definitions:

Appointment

A prearranged meeting or arrangement to see someone at a specific time and place.

Topographical Model

Sigmund Freud’s model of the mind that highlights the conflict between the pleasure principle and the reality principle.

Preconsciousness

The part of the mind that contains thoughts and feelings not currently in consciousness but can be accessed easily.

Conscious Awareness

The psychological state of being fully attentive to one's thoughts, feelings, and experiences in the present moment.