Suppose that students in a research study see a list of English words. Which of the following would be the best way for the researchers to test implicit memory later on in the session?
a. Ask them to recall as many words as possible.
b. Show them a longer list of words and ask them to recognize which ones they saw earlier.
c. See if they show more encoding specificity for the words that were not in the original list.
d. Show them a longer list of words, with several letters missing from each word, and ask them to complete the words.
Ans: d
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