You Tell a Person That You Spent Last Spring Holiday

question 643

Multiple Choice

You tell a person that you spent last spring holiday with your parents because that is where you usually spend your spring holiday, but then your best friend reminds you that you went with her to her parents last spring holiday. Your mistake illustrates our tendency to use logic to fill in gaps in memory, a process known as

• A)proactive priming.
• B)constructive consolidation.
• C)eidetic imaging.
• D)elaborative processing.

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Definitions:

Vestibular Sacs

Structures within the vestibular system of the inner ear that contribute to the body's sense of balance and spatial orientation by detecting changes in gravity and linear movement.

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information, as well as being involved in memory, speech, and emotional responses.

Olfactory Bulb

A neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in the sense of smell, situated above the nasal cavity beneath the frontal lobe.

Synesthesia

A condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses, such as seeing sounds.