When asked to recall a list of 25 words participants are likely to remember only some of them. The words they can recall are likely to include:

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Jermaine Rosario

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17 November, 00:47

When asked to recall a list of 25 words participants are likely to remember only some of them. The words they can recall are likely to include:

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Tessa Harris · Answer 1

When asked to recall a list of 25 words participants are likely to remember only some of them. The words they can recall are likely to include:

Explanation:

Selective Attention consists of the preferential attention towards danger or potential threat indicator stimuli, compared to emotionally neutral stimuli, particularly when they are presented concurrently.

Therefore, what will be remembered more easily will be words that represent aversive personal or situational characteristics, such as "inept," "cancer," "suspense," etc., in the face of non-emotional words such as "book," "mountain.", etc.