Which of the Following Types of Memory Is Least Impaired

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of memory is least impaired in the patient H.M. (who has hippocampal damage) ?

• A) explicit memory
• B) procedural memory
• C) declarative memory
• D) recall of events from the most recent year

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Definitions:

Therapeutic Setting

An environment designed to facilitate healing and therapy, often characterized by safety, privacy, and comfort.

Exposure Therapies

Behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear and avoid.

Mary Cover Jones

Known as the "mother of behavior therapy," she conducted pioneering work on desensitization and counterconditioning techniques.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavior therapy used to reduce phobic anxiety through the gradual exposure to the feared stimulus paired with relaxation exercises.