When Test Subjects Are Asked to Recall a List of Letters

question 7

Multiple Choice

When test subjects are asked to recall a list of letters they have just seen, the mistakes they make often involve letters that sound similar to the displayed letters. These mistakes are probably due to

• A) retrograde amnesia.
• B) acoustic encoding.
• C) retroactive interference during transfer from echoic to iconic memory.
• D) the serial position effect.
• E) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

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