Martin Can't Remember Who Invented Flush Toilets Because He Was

question 108

Multiple Choice

Martin can't remember who invented flush toilets because he was flirting with a classmate when his history professor described this momentous event.What likely caused his memory failure

• A) proactive interference 
• B) motivated forgetting 
• C) time decay 
• D) ineffective encoding

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Definitions:

Inversely Related

A relationship between two variables in which one increases as the other decreases, and vice versa.

Independent Variable

In research and experimentation, the variable that is manipulated or changed to observe its effects on a dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment or study, it is the variable that is tested and measured, and it is expected to change as a result of changes in the independent variable.

Straight Line

In the context of graphs, a linear representation that exhibits a constant rate of change between two variables.