Over the past few decades, psychologists have switched the focus of their research from how people learn word lists to
a) how people recall pictures.
b) the processes by which memories are formed and used.
c) determining why children have better memories than adults.
d) the neural connections between early memories and how we later recall information.
ANS: b
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