Tracy has been studying the same chapter from a textbook for about 2 hours and is starting to get fatigued. She is aware that little of what she is studying seems to be “sticking” in her mind. She switches to a new class, and finds her ability to retain information seems to have improved. Wickens would have called this a(n) ______.
a. mass practice effect
b. attention-deficit studying
c. collaborative inhibition
d. release from proactive inhibition
Ans: D
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