How Does an Experience of Acute Stress and Physical Arousal

question 9

Multiple Choice

How does an experience of acute stress and physical arousal affect memory for the details of the event?

• A) Memory is enhanced for all details of the experience.
• B) Memory of central details of the experience is enhanced but not memory for peripheral details.
• C) Memory of all details is impaired by the hormones that flood the body.
• D) Memory of the central details is impaired because of trauma, and memory for peripheral details remains intact.

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