Suppose That Some Research Participants Are Asked to Remember a Story

question 38

Multiple Choice

Suppose that some research participants are asked to remember a story. Furthermore, this story contains some particularly vivid and surprising material that is not consistent with a standard schema. The participants would be most likely

• A) to show spreading activation to schema-inconsistent material.
• B) to emphasize prototypical information.
• C) to prefer scripts to schemas.
• D) to recall the schema-inconsistent material.

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