Question

You are assigned to learn the following list of words: bagel, bread, pie, cake, and turnover. I then ask you to tell me what words on a second list you remember from the first list. You add the word "donut" to the list. This is an example of:
A. the imagination inflation effect
B. spreading activation model of memory
C. the confirmatory boas hypothesis
D. the unconcious collusion hypotheses

Answer 1

Answer:

B. spreading activation model of memory.

Explanation:

This is the process through which activity in one node in a network flows outward to other nodes through associative links.

For instance, activation of words like bread,cake and pie spreads to other snacks like donut.