Last Week, Jacinda Took an Abnormal Psychology Test and Did

Multiple Choice

Last week, Jacinda took an abnormal psychology test and did not miss a single question. However, when a guest speaker came to class a week later to talk about schizophrenia, Jacinda had trouble remembering some of the relevant class material. She remembered even less about the topic when she saw a news report on schizophrenia a month later. What memory phenomenon explains what Jacinda is experiencing?

A) mirage effect
B) serial position curve
C) free recall curve
D) curve of forgetting