Motivated Forgetting of a Painful or Embarrassing Memory Because We

question 135

Multiple Choice

Motivated forgetting of a painful or embarrassing memory because we don't want to consciously remember the information is called:

• A)suppression.
• B)retrograde amnesia.
• C)repression.
• D)anterograde amnesia.

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Definitions:

Biodiversity

The variety and variability of life on Earth, including diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.

Species Variation

Genetic differences both within and between populations of species, contributing to the diversity of organism traits.

Ecosystems

Communities of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.

Scientific Method

Process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis, gather data by observation and experimentation, and come to a conclusion.