If You Learn Four Sets of Material That Are Similar

question 101

Multiple Choice

If you learn four sets of material that are similar to one another (for example, four European languages) , you are more likely to forget them than if you had learned four entirely different kinds of information (for example, French, botany, geography, and chess) . Why are you more likely to forget the similar sets of information?

• A) interference
• B) amnesia
• C) serial-order effect
• D) context-dependent memory

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Definitions:

Elasticity Coefficient

A numerical value that measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price or other factors.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income that is generated by selling one more unit of a product or service.

Nondiscriminating Monopolist

A monopolist that charges all consumers the same price for its product or service.

Demand Schedule

A table that shows the quantity of a product or service demanded at various prices.