Craig Is Being Introduced to the Members of the Fraternity

question 83

Multiple Choice

Craig is being introduced to the members of the fraternity he has just joined.There are 15 members whom he has not met before,and once the introductions are over,he finds he can remember the names of only the first three people and the last two people he was introduced to.What is the memory difficulty that Craig is experiencing consistent with

• A) late-selection filtering 
• B) retroactive interference 
• C) serial-position effect 
• D) nondistributed practice

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