Multiple Choice
Researchers William Marmie and Alice Healy (2004) asked participants to study an unfamiliar coin for short periods of time, ranging from 15 seconds to 60 seconds. The results showed that participants were better able to remember details of the unfamiliar coin than the familiar U.S. penny. This finding confirmed that one of the most common reasons for forgetting is:
A) retrieval failure.
B) retroactive interference.
C) encoding failure.
D) proactive interference.
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