Within the psychology department at a university,there is a large volume of information that needs to be remembered,relating to a whole manner of different things (e.g.,research,post-graduate supervision,undergraduate teaching,equipment and administrative matters).This is too much information for one individual to remember.Instead,certain individuals are formally responsible for particular domains (e.g.,research)but everyone in the department is able to remember who is responsible for each domain.This is an example of

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This is an example of transactive memory, which refers to the ability of a group to collectively encode, store, and retrieve information. In this case, individuals within the department collectively share the responsibility for remembering information by assigning specific domains to particular individuals, and the group as a whole has access to this information through their knowledge of who is responsible for each domain.

Within the Psychology Department at a University,there Is a Large