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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.4
Which critique is often leveled against the retrieval failure theory of forgetting?
It ignores the impact of emotional factors on memory recall.
It gives too much importance to external cues in memory retrieval.
It does not explain why some memories unexpectedly resurface.
It assumes that all memories are stored indefinitely.
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