A Participant Studied the Following Word Pairs: Reptile-Snake, Reptile-Turtle, Reptile-Lizard

Multiple Choice

A participant studied the following word pairs: reptile-snake, reptile-turtle, reptile-lizard, amphibian-frog, amphibian-salamander, and amphibian-newt. Then, the participant practiced recalling only the amphibian-salamander pair using the prompt: "amphibian-sala_____." Sometime later, the participant was given a memory test of the words he had originally studied. Of these, which word would be most likely forgotten?

A) salamander
B) frog
C) turtle
D) lizard