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In a study investigation flashbulb memories for the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hirst and his colleagues found that:
 
  a) almost nothing was forgotten in participants' reports of how they had heard about the event.
   b) most of the forgetting that occurred came between years 2 and 3 of the three-year period.
   c) confidence decreased over the three year interval as much as memory did.
   d) the factors influencing forgetting were different for event memories and flashbulb memories

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Neisser & Harsch (1992) introduced the notion of TV priority in their research on flashbulb memories. TV priority refers to ________ and may help explain ________.
 
  a) people's tendency to watch too much TV; the vividness of flashbulbs
   b) people's tendency to watch too much TV; the distortions that occur in flashbulbs
   c) people's schema for hearing disaster news; the vividness of flashbulbs
   d) people's schema for hearing disaster news; the distortions that occur in flashbulbs


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d


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Gracias!

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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