Which of the Following Is True of Memory and Culture

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of memory and culture?

• A) Members of non-Western cultures perform poorly on tests that require the memorization of long lists of words, numbers, and facts because the exercises seem odd and foreign to them.
• B) People from Western cultures are better than members of other cultures at remembering lines of descent of families and detailed accounts of cultural heroes.
• C) People from Western schools do not perform as well as members of other cultures on tests that require memorization of long lists of words and numbers.
• D) Being able to recite long lists of facts, details, words, and numbers is the best overall measure of memory and is consistently high across cultures.

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