Jennifer Was Given a Random List of 20 Words to Study

Multiple Choice

Jennifer was given a random list of 20 words to study. Jennifer was then asked to recall as many of the words as she could remember in a free recall task. Consistent with verbal learning research, which of the following orders is Jennifer most likely to recall the words in?

A) Random order
B) The same order the words were presented in
C) In categories organized by the words' meanings
D) Alphabetical order