Brown (1958) and Peterson and Peterson (1959) found that they could cause information loss by asking people to count backward while trying to retain information. More time spent repeating information meant more information loss, an effect known as ______.
a. decay
b. interference
c. repeated practice
d. re-consolidation
Ans: B
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