A participant studied the following word pairs: reptile-snake,reptile-turtle,reptile-lizard,amphibian-frog,amphibian-salamander,and amphibian-newt.Then the participant practiced recalling only the amphibian-salamander pair using the prompt "amphibian-sala_____." Sometime later,the participant was given a memory test of the words he had originally studied.Of these,which word would be MOST likely forgotten?
A)salamander
B)snake
C)turtle
D)newt

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The participant practiced recalling the amphibian-salamander pair, so it is less likely to be forgotten compared to the other pairs. The word that was not paired with the participant's practiced word, amphibian-newt, is the most likely to be forgotten. Therefore, the answer is D - newt.

A Participant Studied the Following Word Pairs: Reptile-Snake,reptile-Turtle,reptile-Lizard,amphibian-Frog,amphibian-Salamander,and Amphibian-Newt