In one experiment, Dr. Flaherty's participants learned one word list, then a second list containing similar, but different, words. Participants then recalled as many words as they could from either list. Finally, participants were given a fragment-completion task involving those words from the first list which they could not remember. Which of the following is NOT one of Dr. Flaherty's research goals?
A) to chart the time course of the decay of memories
B) to measure the extent to which new memories interfere with old ones
C) to explore whether participants have some implicit memory for items they appear to have forgotten
D) to determine whether new memories completely overwrite old ones

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Dr. Flaherty's experiment, as described, does not aim to chart the time course of the decay of memories. Instead, it focuses on measuring interference between new and old memories, exploring implicit memory for seemingly forgotten items, and examining if new memories overwrite old ones.

In One Experiment, Dr