Sometimes Long-Term Memory Storage Has Been Described as Creating a Path

Multiple Choice

Sometimes long-term memory storage has been described as creating a path such as in a field of grass, with constant use of the path keeping the memory active. Using the field analogy, forgetting would occur when the path begins to disappear due to lack of use. This describes the ____ theory of forgetting.

A) interference
B) repression
C) cue-dependent
D) decay