Herman Remembers Exactly What He Was Doing and Where He

question 116

Multiple Choice

Herman remembers exactly what he was doing and where he was when he first heard about the September 11th terrorist attacks. Brown and Kulik (1977) would refer to this vivid image as

• A) the hindsight bias.
• B) a memory heuristic.
• C) memory inflation.
• D) a flashbulb memory.

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Definitions:

Property, Plant, and Equipment

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Capacity Utilization

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