Author Question: Kevin is legally required to send a quarterly check to his former wife, whom he divorced 20 years ... (Read 190 times)

savannahhooper · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Kevin is legally required to send a quarterly check to his former wife, whom he divorced 20 years ago. It annoys him greatly and he finds he often forgets until several days after the due date. This is likely an example of ____.

a. retroactive interference
b. suppressed memory
c. repressed memory
d. motivated forgetting

Question 2

Lillian is cramming for her Latin exam. She must memorize vocabulary for Chapters 3 through 7 in her textbook by tomorrow morning. Which of the following best describes her recall of Chapter 5s vocabulary compared to her friend Deb, who studied each chapter on the individual night assigned?

a. Her recall of Chapter 5 will be essentially the same as Debs if their total amount of study time is similar.
b. Her recall of Chapter 5 will be worse than Debs because of proactive and retroactive interference.
c. Her recall of Chapter 5 will be better than Debs because of proactive interference.
d. Her recall of Chapter 5 will be worse than Debs because of retroactive interference only.