A lesson to be learned from the research on flashbulb memories is that
A) rehearsal cannot account for them.
B) people's confidence in a memory predicts its accuracy (high confidence = high accuracy).
C) extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate.
D) they are permanent and resist forgetting.

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Research on flashbulb memories has shown that extreme vividness does not necessarily guarantee accuracy. In fact, people can be very confident in their inaccurate memories. The other options are not necessarily true of flashbulb memories.

A Lesson to Be Learned from the Research on Flashbulb