Your Text Describes an Experiment by Talarico and Rubin (2003)

question 27

Multiple Choice

Your text describes an experiment by Talarico and Rubin (2003) that measured people's memories of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Which of the following was the primary result of that research?

• A) Participants had very little confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the events 32 weeks after they occurred.
• B) Participants had a very high level of confidence of the terrorist events and also had high confidence in their present "everyday" memories 32 weeks later.
• C) Participants had high confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the terrorist events 32 weeks later, but when actually tested made significant errors when asked what they were doing on the day of the attacks.
• D) After 32 weeks, participants had a high level of confidence in their memories of the terrorist events, but lower belief in their memories of "everyday" events.

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Definitions:

Intrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation is the drive to act or engage in an activity for its inherent satisfaction or pleasure, rather than for some separable consequence or external reward.

Optimal Experience

The pleasure in performing the process of an activity itself, rather than achieving the goal.

Creative Process

The way in which creativity helps you develop ideas and solve problems.

Intuition

The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.