On a Test of Recall, Participants Who Learn a List

question 125

Multiple Choice

On a test of recall, participants who learn a list of words in one room do better if tested in that same room than if tested in a different room. This finding is best explained by __________.

• A) habituation
• B) method of loci
• C) positive transfer
• D) encoding specificity

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Definitions:

Ovulated Cell

Commonly referred to as an ovum or egg cell, it is the female reproductive cell released during ovulation.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Primary Spermatocytes

Diploid cells that undergo meiosis I to form two haploid secondary spermatocytes, crucial for spermatogenesis.

Spermatogonia

Undifferentiated male germ cells in the testes that divide to produce sperm.