Farming Was Probably a More Difficult Way of Life Than

question 45

Multiple Choice

Farming was probably a more difficult way of life than foraging because

• A) you had to stay in one location year-round.
• B) the diet was less diverse.
• C) farmer first worked to clear and cultivate land before a crop was available
• D) changes in weather were unpredictable.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where old memories hinder the capacity to remember new information.

Retroactive Interference

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

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon in which a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate due to post-event information.

Automatic Processing

The unconscious encoding of incidental or well-learned information without effort.