What Is Wrong with the Following Mechanism

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is wrong with the following mechanism?

• A) There is no leaving group, so there should be no arrows.
• B) The arrow should be removing a proton from the H₂O group.
• C) An arrow is also needed to indicate the loss of the leaving group.
• D) The arrow is backwards.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the recall of information is improved if the cues present at the time of encoding are also present at the time of retrieval.

Context and Memory

The way in which the situation or environment in which information is learned can affect recall of that information.

Depth of Processing

A theory suggesting that the depth (shallow to deep) at which information is thought about affects the duration and strength of memory of that information.

Tip-of-the-Tongue

The phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.