Sean Is Studying for His Philosophy Final Exam

question 33

Multiple Choice

Sean is studying for his philosophy final exam. He knows that the test will be all essays, and he knows that the professor often asks students to compare two philosophical approaches. As part of his studying, he writes several practice essays in which he compares some philosophical approaches. Sean's study method makes use of the cognitive principle called

• A) implicit memory.
• B) the hierarchy technique.
• C) encoding specificity.
• D) method of loci.

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