Dr. Rogers meets one of his students at a local shopping mall and he cannot recall her name. However, when he sees her in class the next Monday morning, he immediately recalls that her name is Juanita. Which theory of forgetting best explains Dr. Roger’s memory lapse?

a. ?interference theory
b. ?decay theory
c. ?cue-dependent forgetting
d. ?repression


ANSWER:
c

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