Katie and Alana Are Roommates Taking the Same Psychology Class

question 48

Multiple Choice

Katie and Alana are roommates taking the same psychology class. They have a test in four days during a 10:00-11:00 AM class period. Both women intend to study for three hours, but because of different work schedules, Katie will study one hour for each of the next three days, while Alana will study three hours the day before the exam. What could you predict about their performances?

• A) Katie and Alana should perform equally well, because each studied the same time overall (supporting the equal-time hypothesis).
• B) Alana will perform better because of a long-term memory recency effect.
• C) Katie should perform better because of the spacing effect.
• D) State-dependent learning predicts that Katie should perform better, because the exam takes place during a one-hour class period.

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