When Asked to Recall the Past Two Years and Report

question 54

Multiple Choice

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh was able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of

• A)motivated forgetting.
• B)chunking.
• C)the primacy effect.
• D)transfer-appropriate processing.

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

A measure indicating that the likelihood of an observed outcome occurring by chance is low, often used in research to validate findings.

Negative Correlation

A connection between two variables where as one variable goes up, the other goes down, and the opposite is also true.

Positive

Refers to a condition or state that is constructive, optimistic, or characterized by a beneficial outcome.

Unrelated

Not connected or relevant to something.