In the directed forgetting task,participants can typically:
A)forget all of the information they are instructed to.
B)forget much of the information they are instructed to forget.
C)recall less of the information they are instructed to remember.
D)recall all of the information they are instructed to forget.

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In the directed forgetting task, participants are typically instructed to remember certain items and forget others. While they are able to remember the items they are supposed to retain, they tend to forget some of the items they are supposed to forget. Therefore, the best answer is B - participants forget much of the information they are instructed to forget.

In the Directed Forgetting Task,participants Can Typically