The Sternberg Paradigm Illustrates That When a Set of Letters

question 20

Multiple Choice

The Sternberg paradigm illustrates that when a set of letters held in short-term memory is tested with a recognition task, the time needed to respond to a probe item is

• A)unrelated to the number of items in the memory set and is unrelated to whether the probe item was part of the original list.
• B)unrelated to the number of items in the memory set but is affected by whether the probe item was part of the original list.
• C)related by a linear function to the number of items in the memory set, the slope of which is the same regardless of whether the probe item was part of the original list.
• D)related by a linear function to the number of items in the memory set, the slope of which is steeper when the probe item was not part of the original list.

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