The chapter on long-term memory discussed the research by Talarico and Rubin, about students' memory for how they learned about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. According to this research,

a. the students were overconfident that their recall of the event was accurate.
b. the number of inconsistent details, supplied by the students, stayed the same over time.
c. the students' recall was much more accurate for the terrorist attack than for an ordinary event.
d. the students' memory for the terrorist attack actually included more inconsistent details than consistent details.

Ans: a

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