Newman Asks People to Recall the Name of Their Kindergarten

question 68

Multiple Choice

Newman 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 old bat [or old coot] in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

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

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