Your Textbook Discussed the Research on Release from Proactive Interference

question 68

Multiple Choice

Your textbook discussed the research on release from proactive interference in working memory. One study used five different categories of words, such as fruits and occupations. The results of this study indicated that

• A) encoding in working memory is almost exclusively acoustic.
• B) long-term memory can supplement the acoustic basis of working memory.
• C) material in working memory can be stored in terms of meaning.
• D) material in working memory that has been stored in terms of sound is easier to recall after a brief delay, compared to material that has been stored in terms of meaning.

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Definitions:

Significant Amounts

Quantities or volumes that are large enough to be noteworthy or have a considerable impact or importance in a specific context.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition, suggesting that language affects thought processes.

Cultural Heritage

The heritage consisting of tangible objects and intangible qualities inherited from one generation to the next within a community or society.

Gambler's Fallacy

The erroneous belief that if a particular outcome occurs more frequently in a specific period, it will occur less frequently in the future, or vice versa.