Worldwide Declines in the Population Size of Frogs Have Recently

question 71

Multiple Choice

Worldwide declines in the population size of frogs have recently been linked to ____.

• A) overharvesting
• B) a fungus
• C) dams
• D) decreases in global temperatures
• E) increases in precipitation

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Definitions:

Korsakoff's Syndrome

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Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Encoding Specificity Principle

A principle that suggests the recall of information is improved when the contexts present at encoding and retrieval are similar.

Depth-Of-Processing Principle

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