When Peterson and Peterson Demonstrated the Decay of Short-Term Memory

question 27

Multiple Choice

When Peterson and Peterson demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over a delay,why did they ask people to count backward by threes during the delay?

• A)To develop procedural memory
• B)​To increase chunking
• C)​To increase depth of processing
• D)​To prevent rehearsal

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