Suppose That Students in a Research Study See a List

question 70

Multiple Choice

Suppose that students in a research study see a list of English words. Which of the following would be the best way for the researchers to test implicit memory later on in the session?

• A) Ask them to recall as many words as possible.
• B) Show them a longer list of words and ask them to recognize which ones they saw earlier.
• C) See if they show more encoding specificity for the words that were not in the original list.
• D) Show them a longer list of words, with several letters missing from each word, and ask them to complete the words.