The fan effect appears to occur because ______.
A)unrelated pieces of information interfere with the retrieval of each other
B)we can only hold on to so much information at once and must get rid of overflow
C)the more information you know about a topic,the longer it takes to sort through
D)information gets shoved out of long-term memory by environmental triggers

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The fan effect refers to the phenomenon where the more facts or pieces of information one knows about a concept, person, or location, the longer it takes to retrieve a specific piece of information about it. This is because the cognitive load increases with the amount of related information, making the retrieval process slower.

The Fan Effect Appears to Occur Because ______