Memory Researchers Often Ask Participants in Their Studies to Try

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Multiple Choice

Memory researchers often ask participants in their studies to try to remember lists of words.Which of the following statements is a finding from these kinds of studies?

• A) Memory is a nearly exact copy of original events.
• B) People can be sure whether a word appeared on a list or not.
• C) Women are much less prone to inaccurate memory than men are.
• D) People sometimes falsely remember information and do not realize it.

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