Sam is 80 years old and often yearns for the "good old days." Whenever he watches old movies from his youth, he thinks of the friends he had and the cars they used to drive on weekends up and down the main street of his home town. Sam is experiencing _____.
A) rumination
B) nostalgia
C) sentimentalism
D) association bias
E) semantic memories

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Sam is experiencing nostalgia, which is a sentimental longing or affection for the past. This is evident from his yearning for the "good old days" and reminiscing about his youth and the cars he used to drive.

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