Bahrick Studied People's Ability to Remember a Foreign Language After

question 56

Multiple Choice

Bahrick studied people's ability to remember a foreign language after learning it. His results showed:

• A) memory was best when tested at least six years after learning the language.
• B) memory for verbs was greater than for nouns.
• C) memory initially declined over the first six years but then remained relatively stable.
• D) memory for words with a Latin origin were better than for words with a Greek origin.

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