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:

Directedness

The quality of being guided or oriented towards a specific goal or objective.

Transference

A phenomenon in psychoanalysis where patients redirect feelings and desires, often unconsciously, from their past onto the therapist.

Resistance

In psychology, the refusal to accept or comply with something; in physics, a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where unacceptable emotions or impulses are turned into their opposites to hide the true feelings.