Subjects in a verbal learning study learn a list of words and then recall them after varying amounts of time. The subjects are much more likely to recall the words "house, tiger, climb, and paint" than they are to recall the words "grace, truth, merit, and exert." Which of the following offers an explanation for this finding?
a) The dual coding hypothesi
b) The von Restorff effect
c) The generation effect
d) The depth of encoding hypothesis
a) The dual coding hypothesi
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