The Spacing Effect Means That

question 100

Multiple Choice

The spacing effect means that

• A)distributed study yields better retention than cramming.
• B)retention is improved when encoding and retrieval are separated by no more than 1 hour.
• C)learning causes a reduction in the size of the synaptic gap between certain neurons.
• D)delaying retrieval until memory has consolidated improves recall.

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Definitions:

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