Katie and Inez are roommates taking the same psychology class.They have a test in four days during a 10:00 - 11:00 AM class period.Both women intend to study for three hours,but because of different work schedules,Katie will study one hour for each of the next three days,while Inez will study three hours the day before the exam.What could you predict about their performances?
A)Katie and Inez should perform equally well,because each studied the same time overall (supporting the equal-time hypothesis).
B)Inez will perform better because of a long-term memory recency effect.
C)Katie should perform better because of the spacing effect.
D)State-dependent learning predicts that Katie should perform better,because the exam takes place during a one-hour class period.

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The spacing effect suggests that retention and retrieval of information is enhanced when studying sessions are spaced apart rather than massed together. Katie's study sessions are spaced out, whereas Inez's is concentrated in a single day. Therefore, Katie is likely to perform better on the test.

Katie and Inez Are Roommates Taking the Same Psychology Class