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Sierra is 65 years old. She can vividly recall a certain event that took place when she was five years old. It was the day her father had come home for the first time in two years. She remembers running toward him as he walked in through the door wearing army overalls. Though this memory is from long ago, this image of her father is very strong in her mind. In the context of memory formation, Sierra’s memory of her father can best be categorized as a(n):

Julia vividly remembers the first time she met her boyfriend – where they were, the dress she wore, the music playing, and more. Julie’s memory of this moment from her past is an example of:

Juan, a psychologist, is studying participants’ perceptions of the attractiveness of several deodorants in a laboratory. However, as he conducts his study, people are cooking their lunches in the cafeteria nearby, and the smells of onions and fish are making their way into the laboratory. Juan should stop his experiment for the day because the odors of the food is most likely a __________.

What happened when Phineas Gage sustained an injury to his frontal lobes when he was shot through the head with an iron bar in a railroad accident? 

Which of the following is an aftereffect of increased sleep debt?

In a study of the effects of drinking alcohol, some participants drank a nonalcoholic beverage that smelled and tasted like alcohol. This nonalcoholic drink was a

The perception of an object as separate from its surroundings is called

Gretchen’s newspaper arrives at the same time every day. This is an example of:

What happened when Phineas Gage sustained an injury to his frontal lobes when he was shot through the head with an iron bar in a railroad accident? 

The fact that a sleeping father wakes when his infant quietly giggles but not when the UPS lady bangs on the door illustrates the: