1. Which of the following is NOT an example of one of the MAJOR methods for studying memory?

A. memorizing lists words and recalling them later
B. studying people who have lost their ability to remember because of trauma to the brain
C. investigating the memories of people with particular genetic mutations
D. trying to figure out why people often forget what they were doing a week ago

2. My very first memory involves an event that occurred around the time I turned four years old. I am unable to remember anything from before this time, which is a type of forgetting known as

A. anterograde amnesia.
B. retrograde amnesia.
C. infantile amnesia.

3. Repression of memories is thoought to occur because people are motivated to avoid

A.  negative emotions.
B.  negative reinforcements.
D.  negative punishments.

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