A psychologist hypothesizes that people remember information better when they generate it themselves (for example, by completing a fill-in-the-blank question) than when they simply read it.
Which experimental finding, if true, would most strongly support the psychologist's hypothesis?
- A
Students prefer reading complete sentences to filling in blanks.
- B
Generating answers takes more time than reading them.
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On a delayed memory test, students who had completed fill-in-the-blank questions outperformed students who had read the same content as complete sentences.
- D
Most people remember some facts from school years later.
Explanation
A directly tests the prediction by comparing recall after generation versus reading. B, C, and D are tangential or about preferences/time, not memory.