Reder and Anderson (1980) Compared Recall of Standard Passages with Recall

question 6

Multiple Choice

Reder and Anderson (1980) compared recall of standard passages with recall of passages with many details omitted. They found that retention was:

• A) best with the standard passages
• B) best when the details were omitted
• C) equivalent in the two conditions
• D) best when details were presented tersely

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