Ramona and Ann Were Walking Home from School When They

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Ramona and Ann were walking home from school when they heard the screeching of brakes and the blare of a horn.Then,just 30 feet in front of them,they saw the crash of a white car and a blue pickup truck.The next day the children were excitedly telling their friends about what they saw."That white car was traveling real fast and swerving from side to side," Ramona said."I don't remember that," corrected Ann."It seemed to me that the truck didn't stop fast enough at the stop sign." "What stop sign?" asked Ramona."It was on the other street-the white car's side.Don't you remember?" said Ann.The discussion continued this way for the next five minutes,until the audience of increasingly impatient listeners dwindled down to one faithful friend.Ramona and Ann weren't trying to argue,but they couldn't seem to agree on anything.
-Discuss the children's disagreements in terms of reconstructive memory.Is the variance in their recollections likely to increase or decrease over time? Explain.

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Wilhelm Wundt

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