You are driving down the street when you see a billboard displaying a phone number for a service you need.You keep repeating the number so you won't forget it until you get home,where you can write it down.You do this to prevent the process of ____ from causing you to forget the number.
A) decay
B) construction
C) deductive inhibition
D) proactive inhibition

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Decay theory suggests that memory fades due to the mere passage of time. Information is lost from memory because of the automatic decay or fading of the memory trace. Repeating the phone number is a strategy to counteract this decay by keeping the information active in short-term memory.

You Are Driving Down the Street When You See a Billboard