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A patient suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome, such as Jimmy G who is described in your text, would be able to perform which of the following activities without difficulty?
 
  a. Following a story in a book
  b. Remembering what he needs to buy when he gets to the grocery store
  c. Recognizing people he has recently met
  d. Identifying a photograph of his childhood home

Question 2

One way to ensure that a person does not remember that a word was presented to them in the past (when testing priming) is to
 
  a. utilize proactive interference when administering the memory task.
  b. test patients with amnesia.
  c. use backward instead of forward priming.
  d. employ multiple rounds of repetition priming.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b




sc00by25

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


rachel

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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