In Directed Forgetting Studies

question 57

Multiple Choice

In directed forgetting studies,

• A)older adults forget everything so it is hard to measure directed forgetting.
• B)older adults have a harder time blocking out the to-be-forgotten items, leading to better recall of to-be-forgotten items.
• C)older adults do better at directed forgetting because of their slow processing speed.
• D)older adults forget more of the to-be-forgotten items than do younger adults.

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Definitions:

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight, due to focusing attention on another task, event, or object.

Counting Task

A cognitive task requiring individuals to count objects, stimuli, or events, often used to assess attention, speed, and working memory.

Gorilla Suit

A reference to a famous experiment highlighting inattentional blindness, where observers fail to notice a gorilla-suited figure amidst a visual task.

Aerobic Bacteria

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