A subject learns a list of words. The next day, she is given a long list of words and asked to underline the ones she learned the day before. This type of task illustrates
A)serial recall.
B)recognition.
C)paired-associate learning.
D)free recall.

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Recognition tasks involve identifying previously learned information from a list of options, which is exactly what is described in the scenario. The subject is not asked to recall the words freely or in order (which would be free recall or serial recall, respectively), nor is the task about recalling words that are paired with others (paired-associate learning).

A Subject Learns a List of Words