Helen has a six­month "gap" in her memories of grade school

Her "gap" corresponds to the period immediately
after her father's death. Helen's memory loss is most likely accounted for by
a. cue-dependent forgetting.
b. repression.
c. retroactive inhibition.
d. the decay of memory traces.


ANSWER: b

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