Consider the following two lists of words: List 1) man, mad, cap, can, map. List 2) big, huge, broad, long, tall. When presented with these two lists, research indicates that people usually have more difficulty accurately remembering List 1, which suggests that an important role in short-term memory is played by ____________ encoding.
A)semantic
B)visual
C)episodic
D)phonological

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The difficulty in accurately remembering List 1 is attributed to the similarity in phonological (sound) encoding among the words, which are phonetically similar to each other, leading to confusion and errors in short-term memory recall.

Consider the Following Two Lists of Words: List 1) Man