Question

Jessica is participating in an experiment on memory. She has been asked to memorize a long list of word pairs. Once she has mastered the list, she will be asked a series of questions about which words were paired with each other. This is an example of a _____ test of memory.
(A) ​paired-associates recall
(B) ​recognition task
(C) ​time savings task
(D) ​serial recall task
(E) ​free recall

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) ​paired-associates recall

Explanation:

The experiment that Jessica is participating in is an example of a paired-associates recall test of memory. We know this because the exercise asks Jessica to memorize a list of word pairs. Afterwards, Jessica has to try to recall which words were paired with each other.