In a memory experiment, participants heard the sentence "They turned in their papers late, so they didn't get full credit." Two minutes later, the participants were asked whether they heard the sentence above or "Their papers were turned in late, so they didn't get full credit." Many participants incorrectly reported 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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