On Short-Term Verbal Memory Tasks, People with Slow Rates of Speech

question 115

Multiple Choice

On short-term verbal memory tasks, people with slow rates of speech but normal intelligence perform:

• A) better than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
• B) worse than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
• C) about the same as people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
• D) worse than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate, but only if rehearsal is disrupted.

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