Using the Partial Report Method, Sperling Found the Capacity of Iconic

question 50

Multiple Choice

Using the partial report method, Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory could hold

• A) about four or five letters.
• B) about nine or ten letters.
• C) all the letters present.
• D) about one to two letters.

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Definitions:

Visual Field

The total area in which objects can be seen in the peripheral vision while the eye is focused on a central point.

Sex Hormones

Chemical substances produced by the body that regulate sexual development, behavior, and reproduction.

Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents.

Neurotransmitters

Chemicals released by neurons that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another.