In an experiment testing the idea of transfer-appropriate processing, Morris, Bransford, and Franks (1977) had subjects encode words either semantically or phonologically. The results of their experiment were that

a) semantically encoded words were remembered best in the free recall test
b) semantically encoded words were remembered best in both types of recognition tests
c) phonologically encoded words were remembered better than semantically encoded words in the standard
recognition test
d) phonologically encoded words were remembered better than semantically encoded words in the
rhyme recognition test


Answer: d

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