In Sperling's Investigations of Iconic Memory, Subjects in the Whole

question 73

Multiple Choice

In Sperling's investigations of iconic memory, subjects in the whole report condition:

• A)heard a tone that signaled which row they should report, just after the display was presented
• B)were asked to report as many letters as possible from the display they had seen
• C)were asked to report only a specific portion of the display they had seen
• D)typically performed much better than subjects in the partial report condition

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