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Performance on the Brown-Peterson task is generally very good on the first few trials, but then begins to rapidly decay across the continued trials. This illustrates __________.
 
  a. proactive interference
  b. decay
  c. mnemonic failure
  d. interference theory

Question 2

The cost to memory because of more recently encountered information is called __________.
 
  a. proactive interference
  b. retroactive interference
  c. mnemonic failure
  d. interference theory

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The cost to memory because of previously encountered information is called __________.
 
  a. proactive interference
  b. retroactive interference
  c. mnemonic failure
  d. interference theory

Question 4

The initial Peterson & Peterson interpretation of the Brown-Peterson task result was that the performance decrement was due to memory decay across time. This interpretation was later challenged by __________.
 
  a. Triesman & Gelade
  b. Cooper & Shepard
  c. Waugh & Norman
  d. Johnston & Heinz
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All correct!
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