In Slameka and Graf's (1978) study, some participants read word pairs, while other participants had to fill in the blank letters of the second word in a pair with a word related to the first word. The latter group performed better on a later memory task, illustrating the
A. spacing effect.
B. generation effect.
C. cued recall effect.
D. multiple trace hypothesis.
Answer: B
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a. behavioral c. evolutionary b. cognitive d. clinical
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. the therapist's theoretical perspective b. communication across clinicians c. a cluster of symptoms d. findings of laboratory tests
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