Author Question: You see a phone number on television for a product you want to buy, but you can't find a pencil to ... (Read 32 times)

lilldybug07 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

You see a phone number on television for a product you want to buy, but you can't find a pencil to write it down. As you are trying to memorize the number, you see another number appear in the next commercial for a second product you want to buy. Suddenly you realize that you have forgotten the first number This outcome is due to ____.

a. interference
b. decay
c. proactive inhibition
d. repression

Question 2

In one study, students study nonsense syllables. Some of these students then carry on with normal waking activities and others take a nap. Those who take a nap recall more syllables, thus illustrating the effect ____ has on learning.

a. decay
b. conservation
c. interference
d. state-dependent learning