Although Crystal Had Practiced Her Presentation Several Times Before Class

question 50

Multiple Choice

Although Crystal had practiced her presentation several times before class, she struggled in the middle part of the speech when she gave it in class. This pattern of forgetting illustrates __________.

• A)the serial-position effect
• B)encoding specificity
• C)memory consolidation
• D)proactive interference

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Definitions:

Oral

Pertaining to the mouth or spoken communication, as opposed to written.

Sexual Attachment

The emotional bond that forms through sexual activity, which can play a significant role in interpersonal relationships.

Electra Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory by Freud that suggests a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.