In the Directed Forgetting Task, Participants Are Asked To

question 72

Multiple Choice

In the directed forgetting task, participants are asked to:

• A) encode information at different levels.
• B) recall a childhood event that they had forgotten about.
• C) recall a list of words that are related to a "theme" word.
• D) forget something that they've learned.

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Definitions:

Social Desirability

The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others, often leading to bias in surveys or experiments.

Jones And Davis

A theory proposing that people infer the intentions and dispositions of others based on observed behaviors and the consequences of those behaviors.

Kelley's Attribution Theory

A theory suggesting that individuals make sense of their social world by attributing causes to their own and others' behavior, focusing on consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus.

High Distinctiveness

A term in social psychology referring to the extent to which an individual's behavior can be attributed to the circumstances rather than internal traits.