Jenkins and Russell (1952) Presented a List of Words Like

question 1

Multiple Choice

Jenkins and Russell (1952) presented a list of words like "chair, apple, dish, shoe, cherry, sofa" to participants. In a test, participants recalled the words in a different order than the order in which they were originally presented. This result occurred because of the

• A) tendency of objects in the same category to become organized.
• B) effect of proactive interference.
• C) way objects like dishes and shoes are encoded visually.
• D) way the phonological loop reorganizes information based on sound during rehearsal.

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Definitions:

Skewed

A distribution that is not symmetrical, where the bulk of values are concentrated to one side of the mean.

Innings

A division or segment of a game in sports like cricket and baseball, where one team takes turns batting and the other fields.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, using bars to show the frequency of data in successive numerical intervals of equal size.

Skewed

Describes a distribution that is not symmetrical, with data points that are more frequent on one side than the other.