Consider the Following Two Lists of Words: List 1) Man

Multiple Choice

Consider the following two lists of words: List 1) man, mad, cap, can, map. List 2) big, huge, broad, long, tall. When presented with these two lists, research indicates that people usually have more difficulty accurately remembering List 1, which suggests that an important role in short-term memory is played by ____________ encoding.

A) semantic
B) visual
C) episodic
D) phonological