Consider the following two lists of words: List 1) man, mad, cap, can, map; List 2) big, huge, broad, long, tall. When presented with these two lists, research indicates that people usually have more difficulty in accurately remembering List 1, which suggests that the _____________ encoding plays an important role in short-term memory.
A)episodic
B)visual
C)sensory
D)phonological

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The difficulty in accurately remembering List 1 is attributed to the similarity in phonological (sound) encoding among the words, which suggests that phonological encoding plays an important role in short-term memory.

Consider the Following Two Lists of Words: List 1) Man