Consider the Following List of Words: Farmer, Cow, Chicken, Barn

Multiple Choice

Consider the following list of words: farmer, cow, chicken, barn, computer, hay, crop, rooster, pasture, and horse. When attempting to recall this list, people most likely would have little difficulty remembering the word "computer." The increased recall of this word is most likely a result of which of the following?

A) The serial position effect
B) The dual coding theory
C) The encoding specificity principle
D) Distinctiveness