A Researcher Develops a Test in Which Participants Are First

question 95

Multiple Choice

A researcher develops a test in which participants are first given a list of types of fruit that includes the words "grapes, bananas, apples, oranges, and cherries" and asked to identify which is the longest. A while later, they are given the word stem "ban_____" and are asked to complete the word as quickly as possible. When a participant fills out the word by writing "banana," he or she is exhibiting what is called a(n) _____ memory.

• A) implicit
• B) procedural
• C) semantic
• D) recognition

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