Multiple Choice
A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that old bat [or old coot] in years!" Their ability to do so tends to conflict with which theory of forgetting?
A) interference theory
B) decay or disuse
C) encoding failure
D) retroactive interference
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