Generally Speaking It Is Most Difficult to Accurately Gauge a Sitting

question 28

Multiple Choice

Generally speaking it is most difficult to accurately gauge a sitting president's performance as

• A) economic leader.
• B) party leader.
• C) opinion leader.
• D) lawmaker.
• E) commander in chief.

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Definitions:

Flashbulb Memory

Highly detailed, exceptionally vivid 'snapshot' of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of surprising and consequential news was heard.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are unconsciously excluded from consciousness.

Decay Theory

A theory suggesting that memory fades due to the mere passage of time, unless it is actively rehearsed.

Forgetting

The process of losing or being unable to retrieve information from memory.