The idea that we remember life events better because we encounter the information over and over in what we read, see on TV, and talk about with other people is called the
a. narrative rehearsal hypothesis.
b. cognitive hypothesis.
c. life-narrative hypothesis.
d. reminiscence hypothesis.
Question 2Your text describes an experiment by Talarico and Rubin (2003) that measured people's memories of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . Which of the following was the primary result of that research?
a. Participants had very little confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the events 32 weeks after they occurred.
b. Participants had a very high level of confidence of the terrorist events and also had high confidence in theirpresent everyday memories 32 weeks later.
c. Participants had high confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the terrorist events 32 weeks later, but when actually tested made significant errors when asked what they were doing on the day of the attacks.
d. After 32 weeks, participants had a high level of confidence in their memories of the terrorist events, butlower belief in their memories of everyday events.
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