The Chapter on Long-Term Memory Discussed the Research by Talarico

question 39

Multiple Choice

The chapter on long-term memory discussed the research by Talarico and Rubin, about students' memory for how they learned about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. According to this research,

• A) the students were overconfident that their recall of the event was accurate.
• B) the number of inconsistent details, supplied by the students, stayed the same over time.
• C) the students' recall was much more accurate for the terrorist attack than for an ordinary event.
• D) the students' memory for the terrorist attack actually included more inconsistent details than consistent details.

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