Question

tosca wrote a shopping list prior to going to the grocery store. unfortunately, when she arrived at the store she realized she had left the list at home. if she is to purchase the items on her list, tosca must rely on which memory task?
○ recognition
○ interpretation
○ relearning
● recall

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Recognition: Involves identifying information from cues (e.g., seeing items and knowing they were on the list). But Tosca has no list or cues, so not this.
• Interpretation: About understanding meaning, not retrieving list items. Irrelevant.
• Relearning: Re - acquiring knowledge, not retrieving a pre - existing list from memory.
• Recall: Involves retrieving information from memory without external cues. Since Tosca left her list, she needs to retrieve the items from her memory, which is recall.

Answer:

recall (the option with the description "recall" as it is the memory task of retrieving information from memory without external cues, which is what Tosca needs to do to remember her shopping list items without the physical list)