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:

EKG

A diagnostic tool that records the electrical activity of the heart to identify various heart conditions.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without the need for prior learning.