Which of the Following Poses the Greatest Threat to the Credibility

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following poses the greatest threat to the credibility of children's recollections of sexual abuse?

• A) the serial position effect
• B) the spacing effect
• C) the misinformation effect
• D) proactive interference

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Definitions:

Cue-dependent Forgetting

The failure to recall information in the absence of specific cues or conditions that were present at the time of memory encoding.

Decay

The process through which information is lost over time when it is not used or rehearsed.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older information prevents the recall of newer information, impacting memory retention.

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.