Loftus and Palmer's study involving subjects being shown a filmed automobile accident and Hannigan and Reinitz's study involving college students being shown photographs depicted common activities, such as shopping for groceries or eating at a restaurant found that the subjects
A)exhibited excellent procedural memory of the photographs, but not the filmed events.
B)exhibited excellent episodic memory of the filmed events and photographs.
C)revised their long-term memory of the filmed events and photographs.
D)repressed all emotional events from the film events, but not the photographs.

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Loftus and Palmer's study found that subjects revised their long-term memory of the filmed automobile accident based on the phrasing of the questions they were asked. Hannigan and Reinitz's study did not specifically investigate memory revision, but it is possible that subjects' memories of the depicted activities could have been revised or influenced by external factors. Therefore, C is the best choice as it accurately describes the potential for revision of long-term memory in both studies.

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