The attorneys were engaged in a very difficult struggle to convince the jury that their respective client deserved to win the case.One attorney went too far,and the judge stated,"The members of the jury will disregard the statement that was just made by plaintiff's attorney." The judge is attempting to use the process of __________ to eliminate the inappropriate information from the jury's eventual deliberations.
A) pseudoforgetting
B) cued forgetting
C) the serial position effect
D) the recency effect

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The judge is attempting to use cued forgetting by instructing the jury to disregard the inappropriate information provided by one of the attorneys. Cued forgetting involves being prompted or cued to forget certain information.

The Attorneys Were Engaged in a Very Difficult Struggle to Convince