Smith and Moynan (2008) were interested in testing the failure-to-rehearse hypothesis.They asked participants to study some neutral categories and some emotional ones.They found that:
A)in the "forget" condition, participants were unable to inhibit category names and their recall was successful.
B)in the "control" condition, the instructions did not lead to better recall of category names.
C)recall of category names was lower in the "forget" condition than in the control condition, especially for emotional categories.
D)repression occurred only when the participants were subjected to traumatic conditions.

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The study by Smith and Moynan (2008) found that recall of category names was lower in the "forget" condition than in the control condition, especially for emotional categories. This supports the failure-to-rehearse hypothesis, which suggests that intentional forgetting occurs when people selectively inhibit information that is not relevant or important to their goals. The study did not find evidence for option A, and option B suggests that the control condition did not have a significant effect on recall. Option D is not supported by the findings of this study.

Smith and Moynan (2008) Were Interested in Testing the Failure-To-Rehearse