In the Classic Experiment in Which Two Groups of Students

question 286

Multiple Choice

In the classic experiment in which two groups of students studied lists of words with one group staying awake before the testing and the other group sleeping, the students who slept after studying the list remembered more because which of the following was held to a minimum?

• A)proactive interference
• B)disinhibition
• C)retrograde amnesia
• D)retroactive interference

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