The self-reference effect (Kihlstrom et al., 1988) refers to the fact that individuals:

a. put their own welfare before that of others
b. generally have difficulty remembering self-referent information
c. respond to information about themselves more slowly than to information about others
d. remember information better when they can relate it to themselves
e. prefer to talk about themselves rather than to listen to information about others


Ans: d

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