Roberto was attacked while he was walking in the park.The police who are investigating the crime ask Roberto to describe his attacker in as much detail as possible.The police are basically 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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The police are asking Roberto to provide information from his memory, which involves recalling what he observed during the attack. The question does not suggest that the police are providing any information or misleading Roberto in any way, ruling out options A, C, and D. Therefore, the police are using a recall task to recover information from Roberto's memory.

Roberto Was Attacked While He Was Walking in the Park