A time machine provides you with the opportunity to interview Sigmund Freud. During the interview, Freud admits that he never wanted to attend medical school. When you ask him how he made it through, he says, "I had eidetic imagery."

What does he mean by that?
a) He relied on the ability to associate odd images with material he needed to remember.
b) He had a ‘photographic memory', which helped him remember the material he had to learn.
c) He was able to imagine how cells in a patient's body were acting when he prescribed drugs and, thus, he could adjust dosages.
d) In order to remember the long list of diseases he would encounter, he created drawings that helped him remember.

ANS: B, Eidetic imagery is sometimes called photographic memory.

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