Author Question: The weapon focus effect is __________. a. when the presence of a weapon causes you to retrieve ... (Read 140 times)

karlynnae · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

The weapon focus effect is __________.

a. when the presence of a weapon causes you to retrieve violence-related memories
b. the inability to focus on a weapon present in a scene because it is so aversive
c. the inverse of tunnel memories
d. poorer memory for other event details when a weapon is present

Question 2

According to the Easterbrook hypothesis, we have poorer overall memory at high levels of emotional intensity because __________.

a. the neurological system is overwhelmed with all of the extra processing
b. we can no longer effectively direct our attention to important things
c. attention is focused on the central aspects of an event at the expense of peripheral aspects
d. the amygdala takes over and shuts down processing in the hippocampus