Studies Suggest That Individuals with Either Retrograde or Anterograde Amnesia

question 28

Multiple Choice

Studies suggest that individuals with either retrograde or anterograde amnesia with selective hippocampal damage ___________.

• A) have trouble with recall but not recognition
• B) can be trained to combine simple episodic memories
• C) have a very limited capacity for semantic memories
• D) can acquire semantic memories

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Definitions:

Behavior Therapies

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing unwanted behaviors through rewards, reinforcements, and desensitization.

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic technique used to help individuals overcome phobias and anxiety disorders by gradually exposing them to the feared object or situation in a controlled manner.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that naturally produces a response until the neutral stimulus alone produces the same response.

Phobias

Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations that significantly interfere with an individual's daily life.