In a memory experiment, participants hear the sentence “They turned in their papers late, so they didn't get full credit.” Two minutes later, the participants are asked whether they heard the sentence above or “Their papers were turned in late, so they didn't get full credit.” Many participants incorrectly report that they heard the second version. This is because ____ memory primarily
uses ____ encoding.
a. ?short-term; semantic
b. ?short-term; acoustic
c. ?long-term; semantic
d. ?long-term; acoustic
ANSWER:
c
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A) Falsifiability B) Replicability C) Occam's Razor D) Ruling out rival hypotheses
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