A Psychologist Asks People to Recall the Name of Their

question 261

Multiple Choice

A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that him/her in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

• A)interference theory
• B)decay or disuse
• C)encoding failure
• D)retroactive interference

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