Mindel Took French in High School and Is Taking German

question 532

Multiple Choice

Mindel took French in high school and is taking German in college. While out with friends one night she meets a French exchange student; unfortunately, all she can remember is her German! Mindel is experiencing

• A)proactive interference.
• B)encoding failure.
• C)memory decay.
• D)retroactive interference.
• E)retrograde interference.

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Definitions:

Law of Demand

A principle stating that, ceteris paribus, there is an inverse relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of it that consumers are willing to purchase.

Quantity Purchased

The total number of units bought of a particular good or service.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of consumers increases, in contrast to a normal good.

Equilibrium Price

The cost at which the amount of a product or service consumers want to buy matches the amount that manufacturers are willing to sell.