Smith Gives His Experimental Subjects the Words BOY and SKY

Multiple Choice

Smith gives his experimental subjects the words BOY and SKY to learn in a paired associate task. After presenting subjects with these two words, subjects must generate a sentence that uses both of the words. Dr. Smith's methodology is study the effect of which of the following processes on paired-associate learning?

A) S-R mapping
B) cognitive elaboration
C) prior knowledge
D) direction of associations