To Retrieve a Memory of Where Your Date Told You

question 99

Multiple Choice

To retrieve a memory of where your date told you she wanted to go for dinner tomorrow, you need to activate one of the strands that leads to this memory, such as thinking about what types of food she does and does not like. This process is known as

• A) belief perseverance.
• B) reconstruction.
• C) priming.
• D) induction.

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Definitions:

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A theory suggesting that dreams are the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity that occurs during sleep, synthesizing this activity into coherent narratives.

Lateral Geniculate Nuclei

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