You watch a demonstration taking place on campus. You are excited and when you get home, you tell your roommate Alberta about what you saw. Another roommate, Lucy, returns later and you overhear her excitedly telling Alberta about the same demonstration, but her description doesn't sound anything like what you saw. What most likely accounts for this difference??

a. ?eidetic imagery
b. ?proactive inhibition
c. ?constructive memory
d. ?retrograde amnesia


ANSWER:
c

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