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Proactive and retroactive interference disrupt this process. The three-stage Atkinson-Shiffrin model of this phenomenon opposes Baddeley and Hitch’s “working” model of it. If this process is done with high precision, it is known as eidetic. The “declarative” type (15[1])of this process can be categorized (15[1])as either (*) semantic or episodic. In the “lost-in-the-mall” experiment, (10[1])Elizabeth Loftus tested false forms of this process. Chunking and the use of mnemonic devices can enhance this process, whose “flashbulb” type is an effect of surprising or shocking events. For 10 points, name this ability to store and recall information. ■END■

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