A Participant Is Given a List of Word "Web, Insect

question 74

Multiple Choice

A participant is given a list of word "web, insect, bug, fright, fly, arachnid, crawl, tarantula, poison, bite, creepy, animal, ugly, feelers, small." The participants are then asked to recall the words from the list.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)Because the words are emotional, false memories are unlikely to occur.
• B)There are so few words that false memories will only occur in amnesiacs.
• C)False memories will occur for several of the words.
• D)The word "spider" could be considered a critical intrusion.

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Definitions:

Apologize

The act of expressing regret or sorrow for actions that may have caused harm or inconvenience to others.

Fired

The act of terminating someone's employment, often due to performance issues or misconduct.

Syntactically Anomalous Words

Words or phrases that deviate from the expected grammatical structure within a sentence, often used in studies of language processing and comprehension.

Propositional Complexity

The number of underlying distinct ideas in a sentence.