According to the discussion in the chapter on long-term memory, ecological validity
a. is typically greater in the research on encoding than in the research on autobiographical memory.
b. is relatively strong when the research examines the correspondence between a real-life event and the memory of the event.
c. is more likely in the research on implicit memory than in the research on explicit memory.
d. is a concept that was strongly emphasized in the early history of cognitive psychology, but it is now considered relatively unimportant.
Ans: b
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