Marian and Neisser (2000)conducted a Study in Which Russian Immigrants

Multiple Choice

Marian and Neisser (2000) conducted a study in which Russian immigrants to the United States were given autobiographical memory interviews.They found language-dependent recall;that is,when prompted in Russian,they recalled more Russian than English memories.When prompted in English,they recalled more U.S.memories.In a second study,the researchers looked for the source of this effect.They were interested in whether this language-dependent recall was more dependent on the language of the cue word or on the language of the interview itself.They found that

A) language of the cue words played a larger role in language-dependent recall than did interview language.
B) language of the interview played a larger role in language-dependent recall than did cue-word language.
C) cue-word language and interview language were equally important in language-dependent recall.
D) cue words were more important in producing early memories while interview language was more important in producing later memories.