Last Week,Lisa Took an Abnormal Psychology Test and Did Not

question 62

Multiple Choice

Last week,Lisa took an abnormal psychology test and did not miss a question.However,when a guest speaker came to class a week later to talk about schizophrenia,she had trouble remembering some of the relevant class material.She remembered even less about the topic when she saw a news report on schizophrenia a month later.What memory phenomenon explains what Lisa is experiencing?

• A)mirage effect
• B)serial position curve
• C)free recall curve
• D)cforgetting curve

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Definitions:

Participant Truthfulness

The honesty and accuracy with which participants in a study report their behaviors, thoughts, or feelings.

Sexual Experience

Encounters or activities involving sexual behavior or intimacy.

Human Sexual Response

A sequence of physical and emotional changes that occur as a person becomes sexually aroused and participates in sexually stimulating activities.

Peer Influence

The effect that the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of peers have on an individual's own behavior and attitudes.