Weaver's Study Comparing Memories of a Mundane Event (Meeting a Roommate

Multiple Choice

Weaver's study comparing memories of a mundane event (meeting a roommate or friend) with a "flashbulb" event (the beginning of the Persian Gulf War) showed that ______.

A) both types of memories dropped off most during the first 3 months following the event
B) memories for mundane events showed significant forgetting after 3 months,but flashbulb memories did not show forgetting until almost a year after the event
C) memories for mundane events showed gradual forgetting at a steady pace over a year,but flashbulb memories showed no evidence of forgetting
D) students were more confident in their memories for mundane events than in their memories for flashbulb events