Question

The ________ effect describes the enhancement of long-term memory that comes from relating information to the self

a. self-consistency
b. self-enhancement
c. self-justification
d. self-reference

Answer 1

Answer: D, self-reference

Step-by-step explanation:

The self-reference effect is a tendency for people to encode information differently depending on whether they are implicated in the information. When people are asked to remember information when it is related in some way to themselves, the recall rate can be improved.