While sitting at the kitchen table, Jenna thought of an extremely funny joke. She walked into the living room to call her best friend Cynthia. Unfortunately, on her way there, she forgot the punch line of the joke. To help herself remember, she went back to the kitchen table and remembered the line. What helped jog Jenna's memory?
A) chunking
B) maintenance rehearsal
C) encoding specificity
D) the flashbulb effect
C) encoding specificity
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A. Longer time to reach deep sleep and increased delta wave activity B. Shorter time to reach deep sleep and increased delta wave activity C. Longer time to reach deep sleep and decreased delta wave activity D. Shorter time to reach deep sleep and decreased delta wave activity
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A) role overload B) the amount of homework C) the fast pace of the classes D) failure to achieve high grades