In Bower and Trabasso's Study of Blocking in Humans, Students

question 113

Multiple Choice

In Bower and Trabasso's study of blocking in humans, students were trained to categorize geometric figures based on shape. Blocking was demonstrated when the students could:

• A) not use a redundant cue to classify a new figure.
• B) not learn to categorize the figures based on shape.
• C) use a redundant cue to classify a new figure.
• D) learn to categorize the figures based on shape.

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