An Irritant Whose Effects Upon the Lung Are Minimal at First

question 8

Multiple Choice

An irritant whose effects upon the lung are minimal at first but whose irritant mechanical action shows up much later is called

• A)scarring agent
• B)teratogen
• C)mutagen
• D)systemic poison

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented information best in a series of items.

Interference

A phenomenon in which one memory competes with or replaces another memory, making it less likely to be recalled.

Short-term Storage

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding information.