Author Question: Wang (2009) investigated the role of encoding and rehearsal in forgetting, comparing the shape of ... (Read 48 times)

sammy · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Wang (2009) investigated the role of encoding and rehearsal in forgetting, comparing the shape of the forgetting curve for Asian-Americans and Euro-Americans.

She found that ______ remembered more specific and unique
autobiographical episodes, and that the advantage _____ as retention interval increased.
a) Asian-Americans; increased
b) Asian-Americans; stayed the same
c) Euro-Americans; increased
d) Euro-Americans; stayed the same

Question 2

The reminiscence bump refers to the finding that ________ and seems to apply ________.

a) people show a standard forgetting curve for the last several years of their autobiography; only to episodic
memory
b) people show a standard forgetting curve for the last several years of their autobiography; to both episodic
and semantic memory
c) people tend to recall a disproportionate number of events from between ages 10 to 30; only to episodic
memory
d) people tend to recall a disproportionate number of events from between ages 10 to 30; to both episodic and semantic memory