Students in one study had the task of trying to recall a list of 600 words. As they read the list, the students were asked to write down three other words closely related in meaning to each listed word. In a test given later, the words each student supplied were used as the retrieval cues to jog memory. The students were able to recall what percent of the original list of 600 words using these cues?
A)20 percent
B)45 percent
C)65 percent
D)90 percent

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The students were able to recall 90 percent of the original list of 600 words using the self-generated cues, demonstrating the effectiveness of elaborative rehearsal and the generation effect in enhancing memory recall.

Students in One Study Had the Task of Trying to Recall