On His Way to Get an Afternoon Snack,Jed Walks by a Billboard

question 148

Multiple Choice

On his way to get an afternoon snack,Jed walks by a billboard advertising hamburgers.He had intended to order an ice cream cone,but instead orders french fries.According to the spreading activation model,the hamburger made Jed want french fries because:

• A) hamburgers and french fries are part of the prospective memory
• B) hamburgers activated the nodes for french fries
• C) hamburgers were encoded with french fries
• D) hamburgers and french fries are part of the same procedural memory

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