Which of the following is true of memory and culture?
a. Members of non-Western cultures perform poorly on tests that require the memorization of long lists of words, numbers, and facts because the exercises seem odd and foreign to them.
b. People from Western cultures are better than members of other cultures at remembering lines of descent of families and detailed accounts of cultural heroes.
c. People from Western schools do not perform as well as members of other cultures on tests that require memorization of long lists of words and numbers.
d. Being able to recite long lists of facts, details, words, and numbers is the best overall measure of memory and is consistently high across cultures.
Answer: a
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