Which is an example of an “extended” event in Conway’s theory?

a. a combined memory of many trips to the grocery store
b. the memory of the specific instant when the check-out person at the grocery store dropped a large bag of rice on your toes
c. the memory of your life when you worked at a ranch in Utah
d. the memory of the horse-back riding trip you took in the hills of Utah


Ans: d

Psychology

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