Patients with Anterograde Amnesia Were Taught to Solve the Tower

question 288

Multiple Choice

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem. It was later found that they ________.

• A) remembered solving the problem and could do so again
• B) didn't remember the problem and couldn't solve it
• C) remembered solving the problem but couldn't do it again
• D) didn't remember solving the problem but could do it again

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Definitions:

Hypothetical Thought

Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality.

Analytic Thought

Thought that results from analysis, such as a systematic ranking of pros and cons, risks and consequences, possibilities and facts. Analytic thought depends on logic and rationality.

Intuitive Thought

Thought that arises from an emotion or a hunch beyond rational explanation, and is influenced by past experiences and cultural assumptions.

Egocentrism

Piaget’s term for children’s tendency to think about the world entirely from their own personal perspective.