A Lesson to Be Learned from the Research on Flashbulb

question 19

Multiple Choice

A lesson to be learned from the research on flashbulb memories is that

• A) rehearsal cannot account for them.
• B) people's confidence in a memory predicts its accuracy (high confidence = high accuracy).
• C) extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate.
• D) they are permanent and resist forgetting.

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