What do Conway, Cohen, & Stanhope's (1991) findings indicate about long-term retention of knowledge learned in a cognitive psychology class?
a) Concepts were forgotten more rapidly than names.
b) There was a strong relationship between student confidence and level of retention for course material
knowledge.
c) Recall performance was better than recognition performance.
d) Knowledge of research methods material showed little decline over the retention interval.
Answer: d
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