Martha Learns Her Math Formulas for the Weekly Quizzes That

question 59

Multiple Choice

Martha learns her math formulas for the weekly quizzes that she has in math class. Although she consistently earns perfect scores on the weekly quizzes, the day after any given quiz, Martha would be unable to take the quiz again and do as well. She noted her knowledge of the math formulas resembled the forgetting illustrated by __________________.

• A)decay theory
• B)Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve
• C)encoding specificity principles
• D)Craik and Lockhart's levels of processing theory

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Trial Balance

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General Ledger

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Entire Group

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Account

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