Imagine That You Are a Subject in a Study in Which

question 41

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are a subject in a study in which you are asked to remember a sequence of 20 letters of the alphabet dictated to you at the rate of one letter every two seconds. Immediately after the dictation, you are asked to recall the original sequence of letters. Most likely the researcher is studying what aspect of memory?

• A) Capacity of echoic sensory memory
• B) Capacity of long-term memory
• C) Capacity of iconic sensory memory
• D) Capacity of short-term memory

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