Suppose that you hear a guest lecturer who says, "We must remember that expertise is typically context-specific." Another way of stating this point is that
a. a person's expertise is often limited to one specific area; he or she may have average-level performance in other areas.
b. an expert is even more likely than a novice to demonstrate encoding specificity.
c. an expert is more likely than a novice to show dissociation on a variety of tasks.
d. an expert's performance is limited to the structure of his or her knowledge, rather than organizational or rehearsal processes.
Ans: a
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