Because memory is reconstructive, it is subject to _____________, which is confusing an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or coming to believe that you remember something that never really happened
a. confabulation
b. priming
c. flashbulb memory
d. repression
Answer: a
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A. psychoanalytical B. behavioral C. cognitive D. humanistic
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a. maintaining consistency b. ability to tolerate an extinction burst c. eliminating the reinforcer for the behavior d. presenting the reinforcer for the behavior
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a) psychotherapy b) lie-detector tests c) hypnosis d) imagery
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