The process by which new information displaces older information in short-term memory could explain why

a. the most recently learned bit of information is less likely to be forgotten.
b. the least recently learned bit of information is more likely to be forgotten.
c. both a and b
d. the capacity of short-term memory is variable.

C

Psychology

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A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth. The last method worked and the first did not;

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