A participant studied the following word pairs: reptile-snake,reptile-turtle,reptile-lizard,amphibian-frog,amphibian-salamander,and amphibian-newt.Then the participant practiced recalling only the amphibian-salamander pair using the prompt "reptile-liz_____." Sometime later,the participant was given a memory test of the words he had originally studied.Of these,which word would be MOST likely forgotten?
A)salamander
B)frog
C)turtle
D)newt

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The participant practiced recalling the amphibian-salamander pair, which could lead to retrieval-induced forgetting of related items, such as "turtle," which is a reptile and not directly practiced or prompted.

A Participant Studied the Following Word Pairs: Reptile-Snake,reptile-Turtle,reptile-Lizard,amphibian-Frog,amphibian-Salamander,and Amphibian-Newt