One of Schacter's seven sins of memory is persistence. Which of the following would be a likely instance of the sin of persistence?
a) A war veteran has unwanted recollections of terrible war experiences
b) A woman fondly remembers her wedding day on her 25th anniversary.
c) A newly graduated engineer remembers a key formula she learned freshman year.
d) A teenager remembers hearing a whippoorwill for the first time as a young camper.
Question 2
Students in a physics class are trying to solve a problem involving an electrical circuit. It is possible to use an analogy to the flow of water to understand the problem.
Which of the following illustrates difficulty with mapping elements of the two problems?
a) Students get confused in understanding whether water pressure is like voltage or current
b) Students use the mathematical formulas incorrectly in each problem.
c) Students don't see any similarity between the goal of the water problem and the goal of the electricity problem.
d) Students fail to see that there is any parallel between water and electricity.
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