In Which of the Situations Below Would You Expect Memory

question 42

Multiple Choice

In which of the situations below would you expect memory to be enhanced of the situation as well as events proceeding the situation?

• A) being involved in a car crash
• B) receiving news that you have just won the lottery
• C) watching a boxing match on television
• D) a and b
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Common Fate

Common fate is a principle of Gestalt psychology stating that elements moving in the same direction are perceived as a collective or unit.

Template Matching

A technique in digital image processing for finding portions of an image that match a template image.

Degraded Stimuli

Visual or auditory inputs that are altered or presented in a less-than-optimal manner, making perception or interpretation difficult.

Rotated Stimuli

Refers to objects or images that have been turned around a central axis in experiments to test spatial orientation and perception abilities.