You are taking a psychology course on-line. It takes you two hours to successfully pass the section on classical conditioning concepts. However, you have to withdraw from the class due to work responsibilities. The next semester, you take the psychology course on-line again, but this time it only takes one hour to go through the section on classical conditioning. This one-hour difference, or 50 percent retention, is referred to as the ___________ score.
A)recognition
B)proactive retention
C)redintegration
D)savings

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The one-hour difference, or 50 percent retention, is referred to as the "savings" score. This term is used in psychology to describe the amount of information or skill retained from previous learning when relearning the same material. The fact that it took less time to learn the material the second time around indicates that some learning had been retained, which is quantified as savings.

You Are Taking a Psychology Course On-Line