Research on Social Cognition Indicates That Human Memory

question 42

Multiple Choice

Research on social cognition indicates that human memory:

• A) is a literal translation of past events
• B) is reconstructed from bits of information that we recall as well as our expectations about what should have been
• C) functions according to the "cognitive miser" principle
• D) operates very much like a computer program

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