Roberto was attacked while he was walking in the park. The police ask Roberto to describe his attacker in as much detail as possible. The police are using
A)transfer-appropriate encoding to recover information from Roberto's memory.
B)a recall task to recover information from Roberto's memory.
C)a recognition task to recover information from Roberto's memory.
D)a misinformation task to recover information from Roberto's memory.

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Asking Roberto to describe his attacker in detail is an example of a recall task, where he must retrieve information from his memory without being provided with explicit cues.

Roberto Was Attacked While He Was Walking in the Park