Cahill & McGaugh (1995) Found That a Subject's Memory for the Middle

question 25

Multiple Choice

Cahill & McGaugh (1995) found that a subject's memory for the middle of a story was better when _____________.

• A) they were in a good mood
• B) they were in a bad mood
• C) the story was emotionally arousing
• D) the story was neutral

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Definitions:

American Flag

The national flag of the United States, consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes and fifty stars representing the states.

Effortful Processing

The active and conscious effort to encode or process information into the memory.

Working Memory

An intellectual mechanism of finite capability designed to briefly maintain information for further processing.

Iconic Memory

A form of sensory memory that temporarily stores visual information and has a very brief retention period.