You vividly remember where you were when you heard about the Boston Marathon bombing.What you remember is a(n)________ memory and you are likely to be ________ a memory for an ordinary event.
A) flashbulb; more confident about it than
B) flashbulb; as confident about it as
C) implicit; more confident about it than
D) implicit; as confident about it as

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The question describes a vivid and emotional memory of a traumatic event, which is characteristic of a flashbulb memory. Research suggests that people are more confident about the details of flashbulb memories than ordinary autobiographical memories. Thus, the best choice is A) flashbulb; more confident about it than.

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