Question

Whitney’s neighbors are surprised that she never forgets their anniversary, but it falls on the same day as Whitney’s birthday, so she finds it easy to remember. Whitney’s easy recall of the anniversary date illustrates the influence of ________

Answer 1

Answer:

Semantic encoding.

Explanation:

When the meaning of a date, phrase, word, picture, etc, is encoded as opposed to the sound or imagery of it, we call that semantic encoding. In the exercise, the encoding would be the same date that shares the anniversary of Whitneys neighbours with her own birthday. They, ignoring the fact that its her birthday, believe that she never forgets. But she has, in fact, a semantic encoding with the dates.