Dolly Is Conducting a Study in Which She Asks Basketball

question 54

Multiple Choice

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season.She finds that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes,even when they are considered important games.This example highlights that ____.

• A) recall is susceptible to interference from short-term memory
• B) the feeling-of-knowing phenomenon also affects long-term retrieval
• C) long-term memories are subject to major errors and distortion
• D) only flashbulb memories tend to retain their accuracy in long-term memory

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