Minnie has severe depression that has not been alleviated by medication.She is administered electro-convulsive therapy, that is, she is given a "shock treatment." We can expect Minnie to suffer a memory loss for events happening right before the shock treatment was administered.This memory loss is due to _____ being disrupted.
A)constructive processing
B)redintegration
C)consolidation
D)the priming of memories

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The memory loss that Minnie is expected to suffer from is due to disruption in consolidation, which is the process of strengthening and stabilizing a memory after it has been initially encoded. Electroconvulsive therapy can disrupt this process and cause memory loss for events happening right before the treatment. Constructive processing, redintegration, and priming of memories are not directly related to the memory loss caused by electroconvulsive therapy.

Minnie Has Severe Depression That Has Not Been Alleviated by Medication.She