In which of these situations is information most likely to be stored effectively in long-term memory?
a. Abby looks up the correct spelling of independence and immediately writes it down.
b. Bob repeats Comment allez vous? after his teacher five times in a row.
c. Corinne realizes that the word receive follows the I before E except after C rule.
d. David stares mindlessly at a page in his textbook with the hope that he will form a detailed photographic image of the page in his mind.
Question 2
Four students are storing this fact: Europeans first settled at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. Which student is probably going to have the most difficult time retrieving the information from long-term memory a few days later?
a. Alexander repeats the fact to himself 10 times in a row.
b. Blondie realizes that 1565 was more than four hundred years ago.
c. Cookie once visited the fortress there and recalls that it appeared to be quite old.
d. Dagwood realizes that the Spanish settled in St. Augustine before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
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