A Study Conducted by Chase and Simon Demonstrated That Experts

question 144

Multiple Choice

A study conducted by Chase and Simon demonstrated that experts had superior recall than novices for the placement of chess pieces when the pieces were placed meaningfully on the board. However, this difference disappeared when the pieces were placed
Randomly. The researchers used the concepts of to explain these results.

• A) visual-spatial and auditory working memory
• B) maintenance and elaborative rehearsal
• C) schemas and chunking
• D) proactive and retroactive interference

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