The Role That Culture Plays in Memory Is Illustrated by

question 586

Multiple Choice

The role that culture plays in memory is illustrated by

• A)the tendency for the personal memories of the Chinese to be about surprising events and what he or she did, individually, during these events.
• B)the tendency for the personal memories of Americans to be about family and other group interactions.
• C)the ability of the Piaroa Indian shamans from Venezuela to remember the locations, appearances, and names of the numerous plants in their region.
• D)all of these.

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Definitions:

Physical Appearance

The external physical characteristics of an individual, including features, body shape, clothing, and other visible attributes.

Peripheral Route

A method of persuasion that relies on superficial cues or associative reasoning, rather than systematic thinking about the content of a message.

Central Route

A method of persuasion that involves deeply processing the content of a message, considering its arguments and evidence.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information presented at the beginning of a list or sequence more efficiently than information presented later.