The Concept "Retrospective Labeling" Refers to the Process Of

question 46

Multiple Choice

The concept "retrospective labeling" refers to the process of:

• A) interpreting someone's past consistent with present deviance.
• B) defining someone as deviant for things done long before.
• C) criminal adults encouraging their children to become deviant.
• D) All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the recall of information is improved if the cues present at the time of encoding are also present at the time of retrieval.

Context and Memory

The way in which the situation or environment in which information is learned can affect recall of that information.

Depth of Processing

A theory suggesting that the depth (shallow to deep) at which information is thought about affects the duration and strength of memory of that information.

Tip-of-the-Tongue

The phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.