Wei Dong Was Asked to Memorize a Long List of Words

question 7

Multiple Choice

Wei Dong was asked to memorize a long list of words that included "ship, effort, professor, and inquire." He later recalled these words as "boat, work, teacher, and question." This best illustrates the impact of

• A) source amnesia.
• B) the spacing effect.
• C) implicit memory.
• D) semantic processing.

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Definitions:

Interpersonal

Relating to or involving interactions between people, often focusing on relationships or communication skills.

Productive

Productive refers to the capacity to produce or generate outcomes, particularly in relation to work, creativity, or linguistic competence.

Referential

Relating to or denoting the use of language to refer to something, or the ability to use symbols, signs, or objects to represent something else.

Whorf's Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

Whorf's Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis posits that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview and cognition, suggesting that language shapes thought processes.