Forty-Year-Old Eli Was Prompted to Recall Information About the First

question 12

Multiple Choice

Forty-year-old Eli was prompted to recall information about the first college football game he attended as a freshman student some 22 years earlier. Specifically, he was asked information about if his team won, the weather, who accompanied him to the game, if he consumed alcohol before the game, and the size of the crowd at the game. Sometime later, Eli and his twin brother William, who also was at the game but did not experience the initial interview, were asked to recall as many details about the game as possible. Which would Eli be MORE likely than William to forget?

• A)that the upper deck was half empty
• B)that it began to rain in the second half
• C)the name of the opposing school
• D)that Gary, their mutual friend, became ill and left at halftime

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