The Explanation of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Is Still

question 55

Multiple Choice

The explanation of the Peloponnesian war by Thucydides is still important today because of the role of

• A) money.
• B) power.
• C) morality.
• D) population.

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Definitions:

Memory Trace

The theoretical concept referring to the physical change in the brain that represents the imprint of an experienced event or piece of information.

Motivated Forgetting

A psychological phenomenon whereby individuals unconsciously block memories of traumatic or disturbing events or information.

Source Amnesia

Faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined. (Also called source misattribution.) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories.

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate due to post-event information.