Researchers Chi and Koeske (1983) studied a child’s knowledge of dinosaurs. They found the child interested in dinosaurs performed

a. better on all memory tests than children who did not study dinosaurs
b. better on standard memory tests when questions used less familiar dinosaur names
c. better on standard memory tests when questions used familiar dinosaur names
d. better on all memory tests than children who did not study dinosaurs


Ans: c

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