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Forgetting, Memory Disorders, and Neural Plasticity (6B) Practice Test
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Researchers test the effect of retrieval-induced forgetting in a sample of healthy adults. Participants study category–exemplar pairs (e.g., FRUIT–orange, FRUIT–banana; TOOL–hammer, TOOL–wrench). During practice, they repeatedly retrieve only some exemplars from some categories (e.g., FRUIT–or____ for orange). Later, they are tested on all studied exemplars. The team argues that forgetting of unpracticed exemplars from practiced categories reflects inhibitory control processes that bias memory access, not loss of the memory trace. Which outcome is most consistent with this claim?
Researchers test the effect of retrieval-induced forgetting in a sample of healthy adults. Participants study category–exemplar pairs (e.g., FRUIT–orange, FRUIT–banana; TOOL–hammer, TOOL–wrench). During practice, they repeatedly retrieve only some exemplars from some categories (e.g., FRUIT–or____ for orange). Later, they are tested on all studied exemplars. The team argues that forgetting of unpracticed exemplars from practiced categories reflects inhibitory control processes that bias memory access, not loss of the memory trace. Which outcome is most consistent with this claim?