Gretchen Thinks About Christopher Columbus, Which Reminds Her of Spain

question 15

Multiple Choice

Gretchen thinks about Christopher Columbus, which reminds her of Spain, which in turn reminds her that she needs to do her homework for her Spanish class.Which one of the following does Gretchen's train of thought best illustrate?

• A)The interconnectedness of long-term memory
• B)Elaboration in working memory
• C)Reconstruction error in retrieval
• D)Encoding during long-term memory storage

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Definitions:

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