When People Make Mistakes in Recalling a Short List of Random

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Multiple Choice

When people make mistakes in recalling a short list of random letters from memory, researchers have found that the mistakes typically involve:

• A)look-alike errors, substituting letters that may look the same but sound different
• B)sound-alike errors, substituting letters that may sound the same but look different
• C)random errors, substituting letters that are not similar to those on the original list
• D)sequencing errors, recalling the correct letters in the incorrect order

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Definitions:

Ireland

An island in the North Atlantic, divided into the Republic of Ireland, an independent nation, and Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom.

Puritans

A group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

Anglicans

Members of the Church of England or of any churches in communion with it, which combine Catholic and Protestant traditions.

Petition of Right

A constitutional document submitted to Charles I by the English Parliament in 1628 to limit the king's authority and assert the rights of subjects, including freedom from arbitrary arrest and taxation without Parliament's consent.