The Deese- Roediger-McDermott paradigm has been used to study:
A)The effects of vagueness on memory performance
B)The effects of emotions on forgetting
C)The effects of distinctiveness on memory performance
D)The effects of PTSD on memory recall
E)The effects of alcohol on memory performance

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The Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm is a memory technique used to study the effects of semantic relatedness and distinctiveness on memory performance. Participants are presented with a list of words that are semantically related to a non-presented “critical lure” word. Participants are then asked if the critical lure word was on the list or not. The results of the study have shown that memory performance is affected by the distinctiveness of the critical lure word.

The Deese- Roediger-McDermott Paradigm Has Been Used to Study