Which statement best summarizes the monitoring system our brain uses to create memories? EXPLANATION
The monitoring system is the mechanism that decides what events our brain remembers and what events it does not. Paragraph 4 says, "When we create personal narratives, we rely on a psychological screening mechanism, dubbed the monitoring system, which labels certain mental concepts as memories, but not others."
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The monitoring system is the mechanism that decides what events our brain remembers and what events it does not.

Our brain creates monitoring systems based on how often an event takes place.

The monitoring system is the area of our brain that allows us to relive positive experiences.

The monitoring system is the part of our brain that holds photographic memories.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”