At the beginning of January, Alice visited her physician, who scheduled a follow-up examination for six weeks later. At that next visit, Alice asked the nurse for her blood pressure reading from the last visit and was told that no blood pressure was taken
Which of the following concepts would be useful in explaining Alice's "memory" of having had her blood pressure taken?
a) eidetic imagery
b) proactive interference
c) chunking of information in STM
d) a schema of a visit to the doctor
ANS: d
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