Janel, a college student, can look at a stimulus and then be able to recall later a sharp, vivid, and detailed visual image of the stimulus. Janel's extraordinary memory is called:
A. episodic memory
B. emotion-dependent memory
C. photographic memory
D. flashbulb memory
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
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