Following Brain Injury from a Brutal Knife Attack, Mike Is

question 74

Multiple Choice

Following brain injury from a brutal knife attack, Mike is unable to consciously recall or recognize what a knife is. But he still shows a conditioned fear response to the sight of a knife. His conditioned reaction best indicates that he retains a(n) _____ memory.

• A) echoic
• B) flashbulb
• C) working
• D) implicit

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Definitions:

Conversion Disorder

A mental health condition where a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.

Compulsive

Pertaining to behavior performed persistently and repetitively without rational motivation, often to the detriment of the individual's well-being.

Obsessive

Characterized by persistent, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts or behaviors that are difficult to suppress or ignore.

Phobic

Pertaining to an irrational and excessive fear of a particular object, situation, or activity.