After breaking up her twin sons' fight, Mary asks her mother, Georgia, what she did when Mary and her sister argued. Georgia answers that Mary and her brother never fought and that she only remembers the children playing well

This situation is an example of
a) positivity bias.
b) working memory.
Consider This: Socioemotional selectivity theory helps explain this phenomenon.
LO 4.3: Analyze whether cognitive process is age-related
c) prospective memory.
Consider This: Socioemotional selectivity theory helps explain this phenomenon.
LO 4.3: Analyze whether cognitive process is age-related
d) avoidance-denial strategy.
Consider This: Socioemotional selectivity theory helps explain this phenomenon.
LO 4.3: Analyze whether cognitive process is age-related


ANS: a

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