Question 3 / 41:  Memory researchers have studied factors that make it more or le ss likely that a person will

remember or forget information. People remember material, like recall of nonsense

syllables, better if they sleep 8 hours between study and test than if they are awake for 8

hours between study and test; this result supports the idea of __________. People make more

errors in remembering a list of words (such as names of fruits) if they have just previously

studied another similar list of words (like names of other frui ts); this results supports the

idea of ________. People remember a list of words better if they study and recall words in the

same environment (like studying underwater and recalling underwater) than in different

environments (like studying underwater and recalling on land); this results supports the

idea of _________.

A  encoding specificity; retroactive interference; proactive interference
B  retroactive interference; proactive interference; encoding spec ificity
C  retroactive interference; encoding specificity; proactive interference
D  proactive interference; encoding specificity; retroactive inter ference
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Attribution:  Gabrieli, John. 9.00SC Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2011. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011 (Accessed 2 Mar, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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