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lak

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Shanta has frontal lobe damage. She is doing a problem solving task in which she has to choose the red object out of many choices. She can easily complete this repeatedly, but when the experimenter asks her to choose the blue object on a new trial of the task, she continues to choose the red one, even when the experimenter gives her feedback that she is incorrect. Shanta is displaying
 
  a. sensory memory.
  b. decay.
  c. perseveration.
  d. agnosia.

Question 2

One function of is to pull information out of long-term memory.
 
  a. sensory memory
  b. the phonological loop
  c. articulatory suppression
  d. the central executive



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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