Your Text's Discussion of False Memories Leads to the Conclusion

question 61

Multiple Choice

Your text's discussion of false memories leads to the conclusion that false memories

• A) are a natural consequence of a largely adaptive memory system.
• B) occur for details but not for entire events.
• C) occur in laboratory settings but do not occur in real-world circumstances.
• D) do not occur for all people but rather are experienced by suggestible or inattentive people.

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Definitions:

Personality

An amalgamation of properties or qualities that form the distinctive identity of an individual.

Themes

Central topics or ideas explored in a literary work, conversation, or debate.

Culture

A complex ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, art, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society.

Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory introduced by Sigmund Freud which posits that human behavior is influenced by unconscious motivations, childhood experiences, and a tripartite structure of the mind (id, ego, and superego).