Several Friends Are Arguing Over the Actual Date of Will

question 43

Multiple Choice

Several friends are arguing over the actual date of Will and Kate's royal wedding. Some of them think it was in May, several think it was in early April, and one student thinks it may have been in June. Seth confidently tells them it was on April 29ᵗʰ, because it was the same day that his daughter was born. Which of the following is illustrated by the example of Seth's accurate recall?

• A)prospective memory processes
• B)semantic encoding
• C)self-referent encoding
• D)spreading activation in a semantic network

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Definitions:

Storing

The action of preserving or keeping information, items, or substances in a particular location for future use.

Manipulating

Handling or controlling something in a skilled manner, often with the connotation of unfairness or deceit.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into a format that can be stored in memory, an initial step in creating a new memory.

Retrieving

The process of getting information out of memory storage.