Which Statement Accurately Summarizes the Effects of Sleep on Long-Term

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately summarizes the effects of sleep on long-term storage?

• A)Sleep facilitates long-term storage because it prevents proactive interference from occurring that otherwise might interfere with consolidation.
• B)Sleep facilitates the consolidation of trivial information that might be discarded as unimportant in the fully conscious state.
• C)Sleep helps strip memories of their emotionality,thereby aiding in their subsequent clarity.
• D)Sleep helps us to remember what is important and discard what is trivial.

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Definitions:

Social Construction

The process by which a concept or practice is created and maintained by participants who collectively agree that it exists.

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