Sally Creamcheese tells her roommate, "The guy I just dated is wonderful. I don't recall what he said tonight, but he is so sincere and nice!" Sally's memory is of the ____ of her impression of her date.

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Sally can remember the overall impression or the general idea of her date's sincerity and niceness, but not the specific verbatim content of what he said, indicating that her memory is of the gist of the impression.

Sally Creamcheese Tells Her Roommate, "The Guy I Just Dated