Three friends are having a discussion about taxes, but the conversation is soon sidetracked as different statements bring up related ideas. The conversation drifts from taxes, to politicians, to the election, to fund raising. This shift in the focus of the conversation is consistent with Collins and Loftus' theory of
a. prospective memory processes.
b. spreading activation within a semantic network.
c. schema-based recall of information.
d. mood-congruent memory.
B
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A. second; hypothesis B. second; question C. first; hypothesis D. first; question
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