Gary attended a party and bumped into a friend he had not seen in years. Seeing the friend immediately triggered memories of things they had done together. Which idea about memory does this example demonstrate?
A) nativism
B) dualism
C) associationism
D) empiricism

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This example demonstrates associationism, which is the idea that memories are linked or associated with one another, and experiencing one memory can trigger the recall of related memories.

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