In a Study on Working Memory, One Group of Participants

question 77

Multiple Choice

In a study on working memory, one group of participants repeated a sound, thereby blocking acoustic coding for other material. This research showed that

• A) working memory disappeared completely.
• B) when acoustic coding was blocked, people often used visual coding.
• C) acoustic coding was even more likely in long-term memory than in working memory.
• D) semantic coding was the dominant mode in working memory, whereas acoustic coding was more likely in long-term memory.

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