After befriending a drunken millionaire, Charlie Chaplin is surprised when the man doesn't recognize him the next day. In the evening, as the millionaire begins drinking again, Charlie is greeted as a pal. This episode from City Lights was used in the text to illustrate:
A) state-dependent memory.
B) psychogenic amnesia.
C) proactive interference.
D) repression.

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The episode from City Lights illustrates state-dependent memory, where a person's ability to recall information depends on the state they were in when the information was encoded. The drunken millionaire remembered Charlie when he was drunk again because his brain was in a similar state as the one during their previous encounter.

After Befriending a Drunken Millionaire, Charlie Chaplin Is Surprised When