According to the Discussion in the Chapter on Long-Term Memory

question 5

Multiple Choice

According to the discussion in the chapter on long-term memory, ecological validity

• A) is typically greater in the research on encoding than in the research on autobiographical memory.
• B) is relatively strong when the research examines the correspondence between a real-life event and the memory of the event.
• C) is more likely in the research on implicit memory than in the research on explicit memory.
• D) is a concept that was strongly emphasized in the early history of cognitive psychology, but it is now considered relatively unimportant.

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