Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-1 Ryder Is Learning How

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Multiple Choice

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-1 Ryder is learning how to browse and search the Web. Ryder visited a site earlier in the day where he filled out a short form with his name, address, and phone number. He has now returned to the site and begins filling out the same form. To his surprise, the Web page has remembered his information. This is because ____.

• A) the Web page uses cookies that remembered Ryder's information
• B) the Internet is all-knowing
• C) he must have saved his information before closing the page the first time he visited it
• D) the Web page uses a plug-in that remembered Ryder's information

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories, often observed in learning and memory studies.

Retroactive Interference

occurs when newly learned information interferes with and impedes the recall of previously learned information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

A type of memory loss where the information is not forgotten but cannot be retrieved without specific cues or triggers.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.