Many older adults can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated, although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before he was assassinated. This is an example of a(n) __________.

A. eidetic image
B. flashbulb memory
C. semantic memory
D. procedural memory


Answer: B

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