If You Were Asked, "What Were You Doing on Monday

question 148

Multiple Choice

If you were asked, "What were you doing on Monday afternoon of the third week in May, two years ago?" your reply might be, "Come on, how should I know?" However, if you were reminded, "That was the day Stacy had her automobile accident," you might remember immediately because of this

• A)memory trace.
• B)eidetic image.
• C)retrieval cue.
• D)morpheme.

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Definitions:

Cues in Retrieval

Stimuli or signals that help bring a memory or piece of information to mind, facilitating the process of recalling information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

The failure to recall information without memory cues, suggesting that the information is not lost but cannot be retrieved.

Proactive Interference

Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material.

Decay

The gradual reduction or loss of information from memory over time when it is not used or rehearsed.