People Have Better Memories for Events That Involve Negative Emotions

question 122

Multiple Choice

People have better memories for events that involve negative emotions.According to an evolutionary perspective,this phenomenon suggests that negative emotions:

• A) make information easier to rehearse
• B) emphasize information important to survival
• C) increase consolidation of information
• D) act as mnemonics for information

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Definitions:

Social Justice

A principle calling for fair and just relations between the individual and society, emphasizing equal rights, opportunities, and treatment.

Anti-racist

A stance or policy involving the active opposition to racism and the promotion of racial tolerance and equality.

White Supremacist

An individual who believes in the superiority of the white race over others and typically seeks to assert or maintain white dominance in society.

Cultural Relativism

The principle that an individual's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture, emphasizing the idea that there are no universal standards of cultural superiority or inferiority.