Question

Which of the following is true regarding recall performance?

A) Recall performance is usually better than recognition performance.
B) Recall performance does not benefit from context reinstatement.
C) Whether a clue about a word’s sound is more helpful for recall than a clue about its meaning depends on how the word was thought of when it was learned.
D) Physical context is more important to recall than psychological context.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C. Whether a clue about a word’s sound is more helpful for recall than a clue about its meaning depends on how the word was thought of when it was learned.

Step-by-step explanation:

The affirmations of letter A, B or D, are not true because:

• Recall performance is usually not as good as recognition performance (recognitions is the fraction of relevant instances while recall is the fraction of the total amount of relevant instances)

• Recall performance benefits from context reinstatement;

• Physical context isn’t more important to recall than psychological context (emotional state can play an important role in recall performance).