Amanda is asked to study a list of words and recall them afterwards. She ends up having an easier time remembering the word set "cat; notebook desk;" than the word set "void; inherent; hypothetical." This illustrates _____.

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The concreteness effect refers to the phenomenon where concrete, tangible words (like "cat" and "desk" in this example) are easier to remember than abstract words (like "void" and "hypothetical").

Amanda Is Asked to Study a List of Words and Recall