Question

When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system that helps you choose the correct answe?

Answer 1

You are relying on recognition. Having the multiple answer choices helps you narrow down the information stored in your long term memory.

Answer 2

Answer:

Recognition process

Explanation:

when you take a multiple-choice test, there are Cues attached to the test in the form of answer options and with this options available you don't necessary need to recall all the stored information in your memory but you can recognize which information is relevant to recall using the Cues provided and this process is called Recognition.

There are actually more ways to retrieve information from a long term memory and an example is the recall process. in this process you don't have a cue hence you will have to recall more than enough information form the memory storage. example of such is an essay question