In the directed forgetting task, participants can typically:
A) forget all of the information they are instructed to forget.
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 able to forget much, but not all, of the information they are instructed to forget. This demonstrates selective memory and the ability to control memory retrieval to some extent.

In the Directed Forgetting Task, Participants Can Typically