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 "reptile-liz_____." 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)frog
D)newt

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Snake is most likely to be forgotten because the participant practiced recalling an amphibian (salamander) with a prompt that starts with "reptile," which could cause interference with remembering other reptile examples, but specifically practiced with an amphibian example, not affecting the recall of other amphibians (frog, newt) as directly.

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