The practice of relating new information to prior life experiences is referred to as
A)egocentrism.
B)transference.
C)self-reference.
D)self-projection.

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The self-reference effect is a tendency for people to encode information differently depending on the level on which the self is implicated in the information. When people are asked to remember information when it is related in some way to themselves, they are more likely to recall that information. This practice is known as self-reference, where individuals relate new information to their prior life experiences to better understand and remember it.

The Practice of Relating New Information to Prior Life Experiences