How Does Forgetting Differ Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory? Short-Term

question 64

Multiple Choice

How does forgetting differ between short-term and long-term memory? Short-term memory loss appears to be better explained by _______ theory than long-term memory failure.

• A) decay
• B) reconstruction
• C) interference
• D) motivated forgetting

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