Question

A participant is asked to memorize a series of word pairs, including the pair “heavy–light.” The participant is asked later if any of the following words had been included in the list memorized earlier: “lamp,” “candle,” “spark,” and “light.” The participant denies having seen any of these words recently. This is probably because _______

Answer 1

Answer:

what was memorized was the idea of "light" as a description of weight, not "light" as illumination

Explanation:

When the research participant memorized the words “heavy – light” his brain associated with the words “light” unicament in the sense of weight. In this context, the participant's brain disassociated the word from any meaning other than that previously associated. Thus, when faced with the word "light" written with the sense of luminosity, the participant's brain did not allow the participant to remember that he had seen this word before.