Students who restudy course material at the end of a semester to pass a comprehensive final are especially likely to demonstrate
long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates the value of _______. A) proactive interference.
B) the self-reference effect.
C) the spacing effect.
D) the misinformation effect.
E) state-dependent memory
'The spacing effect' is demonstrated as the cognitive process which states that learning becomes more effective and fruitful if the sessions spaced or separated out. It displays that these spaced-out study sessions promote more effective encoding of the information in our long-term memory.
As per the question, the value of 'spacing effect' has been illustrated in this example as the students who involve in spaced out study sessions by 'restudying the course material at the end of a semester' would assist them in effectively retaining the information(of course material) for long-term. Therefore, <u>option C</u> is the correct answer.
