Lillian Is Cramming for Her Latin Exam

question 43

Multiple Choice

Lillian is cramming for her Latin exam.She must memorize vocabulary lists for Chapters 3 through 7 in her textbook by tomorrow morning.Which of the following best describes her recall of Chapter 5's vocabulary list compared to her friend Deb,who studied each chapter on the individual night assigned?

• A)Her recall of Chapter 5 will be essentially the same as Deb's if their total amount of study time is similar.
• B)Her recall of Chapter 5 will be worse than Deb's because of proactive and retroactive interference.
• C)Her recall of Chapter 5 will be better than Deb's because of proactive interference.
• D)Her recall of Chapter 5 will be worse than Deb's because of retroactive interference only.

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Definitions:

Cohesion

The force that holds molecules of the same substance together (e.g., water molecules to each other).

Dehydration Synthesis

A chemical reaction that binds molecules together with the loss of a water molecule.

Hydrogen Bond

A weak bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

Polar Covalent

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons unequally, resulting in a molecule with electrically charged poles.